Hineni Parade

Light up the street, together.

Every car in your Chanukah parade plays the same music at the same moment, and every driver follows the lead car on a live map. It runs in the phone’s browser. Nothing to install.

Organizing a parade? Set one up. Trying it with three phones is free.

How a parade works

You need one organizer with a laptop or phone, and the code in every car.

  1. 1The organizer sets it upDraws the route on the map, marks the stops and picks the music: their own songs or ours.
  2. 2Cars join with the codeEach phone downloads the music before the start, so a dead zone never cuts it off.
  3. 3One tap starts every carThe music begins in every car at the same moment, and drivers see the lead car and the next turn.

What are you here for?

Pick your part. Each one opens the right screen for it.

Organize a parade

  • Draw the route and snap it to the streets, with turn-by-turn cards for every driver.
  • Build a playlist from your own songs or the Hineni Parade library.
  • Start, pause and message every car from one screen during the parade.
Set up a paradeFind my parade

Why we bring the light outside

More than 2,000 years ago, the Maccabees, a small band of Jews, drove the Syrian-Greek army out of Jerusalem and took back the Holy Temple. They found a single jar of pure olive oil, enough to light the Temple’s menorah for one day. It burned for eight.

So Chanukah lasts eight nights, and each night we light one more flame. The menorah goes where people passing by can see it, to share the miracle with everyone. A parade of cars with menorahs on their roofs takes that light down every street in the neighborhood.

The full Chanukah story How to light the menorah Find a menorah lighting near you Everything Chanukah

These links open Chabad.org.

Chanukah 2026

Eight nights, from Friday, December 4.

  1. Night 1Fri, Dec 4
  2. Night 2Sat, Dec 5
  3. Night 3Sun, Dec 6
  4. Night 4Mon, Dec 7
  5. Night 5Tue, Dec 8
  6. Night 6Wed, Dec 9
  7. Night 7Thu, Dec 10
  8. Night 8Fri, Dec 11

Candles are lit at nightfall. On Friday they’re lit before sunset, ahead of Shabbat, and on Saturday night after Shabbat ends.

Good to know

Any phone works
Android or iPhone, in the browser. On iPhone, use Safari so the music keeps playing with the screen locked.
Dead zones are fine
The music is on every phone before the start. Losing signal only pauses the map.
Bluetooth delay is fixable
If one car sounds a beat behind, the driver taps Sound timing to line it up.
Free to try
Set up a parade and test it with three phones before you pay anything.