New York, NY – December 8, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — In celebration of Chanukah, Kent M. Swig, President of Swig Equities LLC, joined New York City Comptroller John Liu, Rabbi Shmuel Butman and Michael Wainstein in lighting the world’s largest menorah on December 2, 2010, marking the second night of Chanukah.
“I am honored and thrilled to have been invited once again by Rabbi Shmuel Butman to light the world’s largest Chanukah Menorah,” said Kent Swig. “In these challenging times, it was very meaningful to me to participate in the expression of the Menorah’s universal message of light over darkness, freedom over oppression and liberty over tyranny,” Swig continued.
Located at Fifth Avenue in front of The Plaza Hotel, the giant menorah is a 32-foot high, gold-colored, 4,000 pound steel structure that features genuine oil lamp and glass chimneys to protect the light from strong winds. Lighting of the menorah will be held at 5:30 p.m. daily through December 8, 2010.
“The Menorah stands as a symbol of freedom and democracy, strength and inspiration, delivering a timely and poignant message to each person on an individual basis,” said Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, director of Lubavitch Youth Organization.
Jews celebrate Chanukah by lighting candles each night in a menorah, an eight-branch candelabra with a ninth, elevated branch known as a shamash. The shamash, which is lit first, is used to light the other candles each night of the holiday, which celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after Syrians were chased out of the Holy Land in 165 B.C.E. It also marks the miracle of the eight days that the menorah burned with one day’s worth of oil.
About Swig Equities, LLC
Swig Equities, LLC is a real estate development, investment and management firm based in New York City with offices in San Francisco. The firm is an active purchaser and developer of prime residential and commercial buildings as well as operating companies and securities. Over the past few years, Swig Equities has purchased and/or developed in excess of $3 billion of properties, which includes 110 William Street, a 32 story, 900,000 square foot commercial office building; 90 Broad Street, a 25-story, 400,000 square foot office building; 80 Broad Street, a 36 story, 400,000 square foot office building; 48 Wall Street, a 34 story, 324,000 square foot office building; 44 Wall Street, a 350,000 square foot office building; 5 Hanover Square, a 325,000 square foot office building; 770 Lexington Avenue, a 20-story, 155,000 square foot commercial office building in Midtown Manhattan; and 450 Sansome Street, a 140,000 square foot offic e building in downtown San Francisco.
