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Chanuka Insights 2018 - Origins of Dreidel and Gelt

Speaker:: Rabbi Yaakov Lasson
Date:: December 05 2018

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Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan Jewish Senior Life of Michigan

Machshava:

Chanukah

Collections: The Lessons of the Dreidel

Description

Origins of Dreidil (incluing Bnei Yissaschar's contrast between Dreidil and Grogger) and Chanuka Gelt ... Plus some famous answers to the Beis Yosef's Question

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Chanuka Insights 2018 - Origins of Dreidel and Gelt

Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan Jewish Senior Life of Michigan

Machshava:

Chanukah

Collections: The Lessons of the Dreidel

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Chanuka Insights 2018 - Origins of Dreidel and Gelt

Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan Jewish Senior Life of Michigan

Machshava: Chanukah

Collections: The Lessons of the Dreidel

Description

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Machshava:

Chanukah