Certified by Guinness World Records, the world's largest menorah, standing at 36-feet-tall, is being put up on Fifth Ave. and 59th St. near Central Park, right outside of the Plaza Hotel, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 in preparation for the 2022 Hanukkah season. The annual tradition began in Manhattan in 1977, and has since seen generations of New Yorkers, politicians, and tourists. The lighting of the first candle will happen on Dec. 19, 2022, as the Festival of Lights begins.