Hanukkah, the eight-day "festival of lights," commenced on December 7, 2023, at sundown, continuing until December 15. The ...

A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides, each inscribed with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew letters inscribed on a dreidel are a Nun, Gimel, Hey or Chai, and Shin. The letters ...

Indeed, most of the 47 metal detector-find dreidels on display are of this design – but not all. I have come across six and eight-sided dreidels(!) as well, which I will expand upon.

That doesn’t totally excuse the Hanukkah gaffes. The holiday celebrates a long-ago miracle — when a small jar of oil in the ancient temple in Jerusalem somehow powered a menorah for eight nights. In ...

Hanukkah is the festival of lights, and means "dedication" in Hebrew. It celebrates the victory of Macabee soldiers over the ...

When it comes time to celebrate Hanukkah, local Jews might light candles on a menorah, spin a dreidel or bite onto a latke ...