If they feared they were about to be discovered, they would hide the Torah and bring out the dreidel to play. Hanukkah gelt means ‘Hanukkah money’ in Yiddish. Families often give children ...

People usually play with a four-sided spinning top called a dreidel and exchange gifts. Yes! The word Hanukkah (or Channukah) is a transliteration from Hebrew. Transliteration is the conversion of ...

She sent it, along with a recipe for cranberry topping. Dreidels are a Hanukkah tradition. These are boxy wooden spinning tops with Hebrew letters on their sides that mean "a great miracle ...

My kids love the classic Hebrew Hanukkah song 'Sevivon' (which is the Hebrew word for dreidel, the four-sided spinning top that is customary to play with on Hanukkah) - not least because it gives ...

The first night of Hanukkah begins at sundown on Nov. 28. The eight-day Jewish “festival of lights” usually falls in late-November or mid-December. This year, Hanukkah menorahs will be lit ...