1of12Rabbi Levi Stone directs visitors to the latkes during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less2of12Arlen Schumer, left, gets a serving of latkes from Esther Hecht during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less3of12William Fern, 5, right, helps to light the shamash, a servant candle used to light the other candles, during a ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less4of12Rabbi Levi Stone lights the menorah during the ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less
5of126of12Rabbi Levi Stone lights the menorah during the ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less7of12Joseph Maya and his son, Daniel, 12, dance during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less8of12Joseph Maya, right, and his son Daniel, 12, clap to the music during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less9of12Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, left, dances during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less
10of1211of12Mushka Stone, 7, dances during a menorah lighting ceremony in Westport on the first night of Hanukkah on November 1, 2010.Lindsay NiegelbergShow MoreShow Less
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The day had been wet and wild, but a menorah-lighting ceremony Wednesday evening lit up the night in Westport.
The start of Hanukkah was heralded with a gathering in front of a large menorah at the Compo Acres Shopping Center on Post Road West.