# Hanukkah Candle Lighting with Crafts and Music at the JCCSF > Event for families in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont area (CA). Times are Pacific Time. - When: Fri, Dec 4 (+5 more dates) · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Where: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF), 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free - Organizer: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco - Official page: https://www.jccsf.org/ - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/hanukkah-candle-lighting-with-crafts-and-music-at-the-jccsf--listing-57f9d8c33dcec718b05bb76e ## About The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco lights its community hanukkiyah, the Hanukkah menorah, every weekday afternoon of the holiday: Friday, December 4, and Monday through Friday, December 7 to 11. Families can come from 4 PM for crafts, then at 4:30 sing along with musician Jonathan Bayer as one more candle is lit each night, and finish with a fried holiday treat. The whole gathering lasts about an hour, which makes it an easy after-school stop for young children, and it is free. The center explains the tradition along the way: the hanukkiyah holds nine candles, one for each night plus the shamash, the helper candle that lights the others. 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