Did You Know? Countdown to Chanukah 2009 (12/10)
Did You Know?
Facts, Figures &
Folklore about Chanukah
the Jewish Festival of Lights
Dec 10 : 01 day till Chanukah
Did you know that a game of chance known as dreidle (dreidel) — or sivivon in Hebrew — is played on Chanukah?
The dreidle is a four-sided top, which is passed around and spun by each of 2 to 4 players. The letter that the top lands on determines how much of the pot of pennies (or chocolate coins) one wins or loses.
Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple. It also commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for 8 days. Jewish people mark this eight-day holiday by lighting the menorah, an eight-branched candelabra, and eating foods fried in oil such as potato latkes and jelly donuts. Join us for a new Did You Know? each day as we count down to Chanukah.
Chanukah, Hanukkah, Hanaka — no matter how you spell it — the fun begins at sundown on Friday December 11th.
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