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New York lights up on the first night of Hanukkah

By the Associated Press

Dec. 10, 2020

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LED lights from a Chabad-Lubavitch sponsored menorah, described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," are reflected in a man's glasses as he and his family admire the display, Thursday, near Fifth Avenue in New York on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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What's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah" is seen in front of the Plaza Hotel, Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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An oversized Christmas ornament, left, frames what's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," after it was lit, Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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A woman sits on the steps of a fountain decorated for Christmas after the lighting of what's been described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shmuel Butman, left, director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, kindles the shamas or main light, on what's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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A man on a bicycle pauses on the sidewalk along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan near what has been described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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A police car is parked beside what's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," right, shines after a ceremony celebrating the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day long Jewish festival of lights, Thursday, in New York, with the former Plaza Hotel, left, as a backdrop.
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What's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," is framed by oversized Christmas ornaments along Fifth Avenue after the menorah's lighting, Thursday, in New York, on the first night of the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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Orthodox young men watch as Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shmuel Butman, director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, lights what's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," Thursday, in New York, on the first night of the annual eight-day long Jewish festival of lights.
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An oversized Christmas ornament sits in a dry fountain near what's described as "the world's largest Hanukkah menorah," Thursday, in New York, on the first night of Hanukkah, the annual eight-day Jewish festival of lights.
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