A special thanks
My name is Sagi Rudnick, (a fourth-grader at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy) and I recently participated in your Chanukah Art Contest, co-sponsored by The Chabad House. I want to thank you all for having this contest not only because I was excited for the prizes, but thanks to you and your contest, I now have a beautiful new chanukiah that I actually used this past Chanukah with my family (and at Congregation Ohev Sholom’s Chanukah party).
I was so excited to make my chanukiah out of stone and glass. Therefore, I also wanted to thank Sam Nachum and Ben Nachum, of Jerusalem Stone, for welcoming me into their shop and work studio. They let me wander around and collect the stone supplies that I wanted to use for making my chanukiah.
Finally, I thank Bearden’s Stained Glass for suggesting what kind of glass I could use for holding the oil on each branch of the chanukiah. They introduced me to the art of stained glass and helped guide me to decide which paint to use to paint the glass oil-holders yellow.
I am really proud of the chanukiah that I made, and I am happy to live in a city and be part of a community where a 10-year-old boy who wants to make a really special chanukiah can get all the support he needs.
Todah rabah!
Sagi Rudnick
Prairie Village, Kan.
