Hanukkah

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This Dec. 20, 2011, file photo shows Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew, second from right, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, second from left, and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, right, as they light the National Hanukkah Menorah during a ceremony on The Ellipse in Washington marking the first night of Hanukkah. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)

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For children: Oh! Hanukkah!

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This artwork by M. Ryder relates to Hanukkah and Christmas.

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** FILE ** Rabbi Abraham Shemtov (from right); Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget; and Rabbi Levi Shemtov light the National Menorah on the Ellipse in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, to mark Hanukkah. (The Washington Times)

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Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, left, Office of Management and Budget director Jacob Lew, center, and Rabbi Levi Shemtov light the National Menorah in celebration of Hanukkah on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A man dressed as a Maccabee takes part in the the National Menorah lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah on the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, center, installs with other Rabbis a giant Hanukkah Menorah at the launch of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, named Hanukkah, at the Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Russia's chief rabbi, Berel Lazar lights candles on the menorah during the lighting ceremony marking the start of Hanukkah outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Dozens of people gathered in below-freezing temperatures outside the Kremlin to watch the lighting of the menorah. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Jews dance near the menorah marking the start of Hanukkah outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Dozens of people gathered in below-freezing temperatures -4 F outside the Kremlin to watch the lighting of menorah. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (center) installs a giant Hanukkah menorah with other rabbis at the launch of the eight-day Jewish festival of lights at the Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Wednesday.