This is the 14th year Menorah in the D has taken place in downtown Detroit, and organizers said they hope this tradition continues to grow year after year.

The rabbis say the real message of Hanukkah is one of religious freedom. It originates back to the Maccabean Revolt over two thousand years ago, when the Jews fought against the Greeks for their religious freedom.

Rabbi Yanky Baron with Chabad of Ellicott City said the Jewish community hopes to light a path of unity and freedom in a world of darkness. "There's a saying from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson...that just with a little bit of light in a very dark room,