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SALT LAKE CITY With Happy Chanukah flags waving in windows, lit menorahs atop cars and smiles all around, Chabad Lubavitch of Utah held its first-ever car menorah parade Sunday evening to celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah and spread light across the city. (It is) the ultimate statement of pride pride in our tradition, pride in our heritage and pride in the fact that we believe in God, Rabbi Benny Zippel said.
As the 27-car parade, complete with a Salt Lake City Fire Department truck and a police escort, drove from the synagogue in Sugar House downtown to light the menorah sitting outside Abravanel Hall, many waved and honked in support.
Menorah lighting at the Utah Capitol marks the start of Hanukkah â but with a COVID twist
Gov. Gary Herbert, Rabbi Benny Zippel and other masked onlookers warm up to the occasion on a cold night.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Benny Zippel lights Utah s tallest menorah, 20 feet tall at the Utah State Capitol, for the first night of Hanukkah, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.
  | Dec. 11, 2020, 2:56 a.m.
In what has become an annual tradition, the beginning of Hanukkah was marked once again by the lighting of a giant menorah on the Utah Capitol grounds at sunset Thursday.
But this time, as with every other religious holiday during the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing was required. Some onlookers arrived and stayed in their cars, while those 100 or so who wanted a closer look in the cold night air, were warned sternly to wear their masks.