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As a light snow fell Sunday in St. Paul, Sue Lund sat in her car with a brightly shining menorah fashioned out of plastic pipes on the roof. 

Lund was joined by dozens of other people in cars decorated for Hanukkah with lights, menorahs and streamers.

While the Jewish festival of lights has been different this year, Lund said she was happy to find creative and clever ways to celebrate amid the pandemic. 

Mount Zion Temple organized the Hanukkah car parade on Summit Avenue to spread some light, and joy, and hope this holiday season. Before the parade, members of Mount Zion were able to watch a candle lighting over Zoom from their cars or at home.

“This is a time where we need to store our joy and our hope and our light for the future knowing that our future will be bright,” Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker said during remarks delivered over Zoom. “And so today we are doing so with a little bit of fun and a little bit of pizzazz.” 

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Mount Zion Temple organized a Hanukkah car parade on Summit Avenue in St. Paul on Sunday to spread some light, and joy, and hope this holiday season. 

A woman takes photographs from inside a car with a menorah on its roof.

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A woman decorates her car with a string of white lights. 

A woman wearing a face mask sits in a car. 

A man and woman speak in front of a menorah. 

Two people speak over video streamed on a phone. 

A car is decorated with a string of plush dreidels. 

A car with a menorah on its roof goes down the street. 

A car with a menorah on its roof goes down a street. 

Photos: Hanukkah car parade fills the evening with light in St. Paul

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