Let’s start with the straight-up news: this Wednesday morning at 8am, just days before Hanukkah officially begins, Chabad will erect its towering 36-foot menorah at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, directly across from the Plaza Hotel. The candelabra, called World’s Largest Menorah, will be lit each night of the holiday, starting Sunday night and continuing … The biggest menorah in the world is being lit in Manhattan this week