Dozens gathered Monday night at the Village Green in Goshen to celebrate the second night of Hanukkah – many with heavy hearts after this weekend's deadly terror attack in Sydney.

A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare.

"To see such terror, such acts, such crime, such terrible ways of life, is just insanity," said Rabbi Meir Borenstein with Chabad Goshen.

As a teenager, Rabbi Borenstein said he spent much time with the rabbis on Bondi Beach, making the attack much more personal.

"We're here to say ‘No more hate,’" he said.

The event had a heavy police presence and a message from the Orange County sheriff:

"Tonight, we're here in sorrow and joy. It's the festival of lights, we should be happy, we should be out here showing our love for each other," said Orange County Sheriff Paul Arteta.