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…4:1 SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter l A caravan of cars, trucks and vans it up the streets Dec. 24, each with a menorah tied atop. Traveling from the Oak Park Jewish Community Center to West Bloomfield and back, the parade marked a dual-cele- bration. It honored Chanukah, and the 50 vehicles each represented one year since the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson took leadership of the Chabad movement. "The love he embodied within us i...…
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