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Hanukkah traditions

Hanukkah History

December 17, 2025 by Jeri Westerson

Back in the days when I was a kid in school, I was more or less the token Jew. So every year I was asked by grade school teachers to give a presentation of the meaning of Hanukkah. And I was only too glad to do it, because I was a little weary of the … Read more

Categories History Tags Dreidel, Hanukkah, Hanukkah history, Hanukkah traditions, Latkes, Megillit Antiochus 4 Comments

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