Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Celebrate Their First Hanukkah As An Engaged Couple

The evening also featured a bevy of other Jewish stars including Will & Grace alum Debra Messing who gave a spoken word performance, plus composer Nicholas Britell played his iconic Succession theme and Broadway star Adam Kantor delighted the crowd with "Miracle of Miracles" from Fiddler on the Roof.

And of course, fans were thrilled to get an inside look at the festivities, especially where Selena and Benny were concerned, with one writing in the comments, "I hope @selenagomez knows what she signed up for!"

The evening also featured a bevy of other Jewish stars including Will & Grace alum Debra Messing who gave a spoken word performance, plus composer Nicholas Britell played his iconic Succession theme and Broadway star Adam Kantor delighted the crowd with "Miracle of Miracles" from Fiddler on the Roof.

And of course, fans were thrilled to get an inside look at the festivities, especially where Selena and Benny were concerned, with one writing in the comments, "I hope @selenagomez knows what she signed up for!"

Another joked, "I've never wanted to be in the room where it happened so badly."

And as one fan quipped, "this really feels like the state of the union. plz protect this entire room at all costs. Was @barbrastreisand the designated survivor?"

The public outing was one of the first for Benny and Selena since announcing their engagement on Dec. 11 after over a year of dating.

Selena shared the life update to her Instagram, posting a photo of her marquise-cut diamond ring and writing, "Forever begins now.."

And Benny quickly jumped in her comments, gushing, "Hey wait…that's my wife."

Although the duo had known each other for years, it wasn't until July 2023 that they officially started dating. And to hear Benny tell it, he didn't even realize the "Who Says" singer was interested in him the first time they got together.

"It was so crazy," Benny told Howard Stern in May, "when we went out on our first date, I didn't even know it was a date. She was like, 'Hey, you want to hang out?' And I was like, 'Yeah.'"

But as he recalled, Selena was "such a forward person and she's like the coolest, the nicest, the sweetest, everything."

"I remember sitting there," he continued, "and she's like, 'Well I would've worn something different for this date.' And I was like, 'What? We're on a date?'"

For a look back at Selena and Benny's love story, keep reading.