I was trying to write something new this year for each night, but I decided that I really liked last years — so I’m reposting it. I mean, come on, if Susan Stamberg can do the Thanksgiving cranberry sauce bit for 20 years, I should be able to reuse a good bit for at [...]
Ohr Somayach :: Chanukah :: The Secret of the Dreidel
Who knew? The dreidle is actually an ancient storytelling device!
A children’s game, played in the firelight of a cold winter night, the Chanukah Menorah silently glowing in the window… The dreidel. Its four sides spinning around the still point in the turning circle; spinning so [...]
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Hanukkah – Chanukah | Chabad.org > Holidays
Next in our Hanukkah information blitz, is the Chabad.org site. Chabad is a great source of information about all holidays, and I love the Hanukkah site. From “Menorahs Around the Globe” to a full multimedia section — pretty much anything you want to know is here.
The Chabad [...]
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I love this album. I’m a huge fan of the Western Wind Ensembles’ Jewish music collections. I also have their Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sabbath albums. All are narrated by Leonard Nimoy, and his voice is perfect for this. If you’ve read his Shekinah book, you know how well suited he [...]
BBC – Religion & Ethics – Hanukkah
I’m a huge fan of the BBC “Religion and Ethics” site. It has great information about many of the world relgions, their practices, holidays, beliefs, and such. This even includes Neo-Pagan — which is ignored by most such sites.
I felt that this site was more than worthy [...]
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