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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A rash of monument thefts, claimed a six-foot bronze menorah erected at the city’s Zozimo Barroso do Amaral Square.

According to Rabbi Yehoshua Binyamin Goldman, director of Beit Lubavitch of Rio de Janeiro, burglars apparently cut the menorah into pieces so that it would be easy to melt down.

The menorah was constructed six years ago at a cost of $5,000, said the rabbi. He added, in the wake of a weakened economy and rising metal prices.

Just last winter, local Jewish residents had danced around the menorah in a grand Chanukah celebration.

Goldman pledged that a replacement will be erected as soon as possible.

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