Sometimes might looks very mighty,' Rabbi Chaim Zvi Ehrenreich said in Pearl River. 'And might looks very big and very strong, but light will win.'

Five Chabad rabbis erected the first public menorah in Philadelphia in 1974. Now, 50 years later, there are roughly 15,000 giant menorahs lit annually in public squares from Washington, D.C.,

The free celebration takes place at the Newport Beach shopping center Sunday at 3 p.m., featuring holiday crafts, dreidels, doughnuts and free activities for kids.