Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Dreidel Device

B"H

Almost everyone knows that on Chanuka, we play with the special toy called the Dreidel. But where is the source for this custom, and why do we still do it till today?
The secret is that when the evil Greek King Antiachos decreed Torah study forbidden, we played the dreidel in order to cover-up the fact that we were really learning Torah... Check out the dreidel wizard:
http://www.chabad.org/library/howto/wizard_cdo/aid/597255/jewish/The-History.htm

How-to the Dreidel:
http://www.chabad.org/media/images/104/dYdR1047057.jpg

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