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Hanukkah is one of the’

most festive holidays in Jewish
culture. During this eight-day
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“faith celebrate the victory of
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one day. However, a miracle
occurred - the oil lasted for
eight days, which was enough
time for the priests to bless
fresh oil.
Although Hanukkah is a

‘holiday that is associated with —

few religious rituals other than
lighting a-menorah (oil-burn-
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days, there is no reason not tto
celebrate this happy - time.

Young children usually receive
one small gift for each night of

. the holiday. People also honor’

this time by entertaining fam-

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deep-fried i in oil, and playing .
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lar games to play is dreidel.

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“game for Hanukkah. A dreidel

is similar to a top, and has four

-sides, each with a different He-

brew letter marked on it. ‘The
letter determines if a player

‘wins or loses. .

To play, each player’ re-
ceives about 10 pieces - they
can be coins (dimes or pen-
nies); small candies, buttons or
even paper clips. The player
then puts, one aod in the pot

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and takes a turn spinning the

dreidel. If the dreidel shows
the letter “nun” the player wins

nothing; for “gimel” the player...

wins the entire pot; for “he” the
player wins half; and for “shin”
the player adds two of his or
her pieces to the pot. Together,

the letters on the side of the

dreidel stand for the words
which mean, “A great miracle
happened here."

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