South Florida prepares for Hanukkah

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  Four-year-old Lola Grass colors a dreidel that she made along with other children making Hanukkah crafts at the Chabad Hebrew School of Coconut Grove on Sunday December 18, 2011. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Roger Abramson works on his shell menorah at Euclid and Lincoln Road Mall Monday, December 19, 2011. He is putting the finishing touches on the menorah for the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Walter Michot / Miami Herald Staff

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  Max Heuhaus, 8, colors his dreidel alongside Zelda Rosenberg, 9, at the Chabad Hebrew School of Coconut Grove on Sunday December 18, 2011. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Jacob Hare, 8, shows off his freshly colored dreidel at the Chabad Hebrew School of Coconut Grove on Sunday December 18, 2011. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Cereal and pretzels were some of the foods children used to make Menorahs at the Chabad Hebrew School of Coconut Grove on Sunday, December 18, 2011. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Issa Dinar, 5, center, makes a Hanukkah card alongside Evan Gerason, 7, left, and Asher Hare, 6, at the Chabad Hebrew School of Coconut Grove on Sunday, December 18, 2011. PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Roger Abramson works on his shell menorah at Euclid and Lincoln Road Mall Monday, December 19, 2011. Walter Michot / Miami Herald Staff

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  Roger Abramson works on his shell menorah at Euclid and Lincoln Road Mall Monday, December 19, 2011. He is putting the finishing touches on the menorah for the lighting of the first candle Tuesday. Walter Michot / Miami Herald Staff