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 ...

Award-winning writer and poet Leslea Newman (“Heather Has Two Mommies”) and artist Amy Husband capture the warmth of Hanukkah’s glow with gleaming candles, crispy latkes and “Dreidels ...

With Hanukkah approaching and the pandemic still making gatherings unsafe, Golkow and Zauzmer turned their attention to one centerpiece of holiday celebrations: competitive games of dreidel.

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 ...

Another popular Hanukkah activity is the spinning of the dreidel, a four-sided spinning top, which has a different Hebrew letter on each side. Players spin the dreidel and bet on which Hebrew ...