Shabbat Hanukkah. Because Hanukkah lasts more than a week, one day of the holiday inevitably falls on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. The Talmud asserts that one way a person honors Shabbat is by wearing nice clothing. These clothes should be clean and nicer than what one wears during the week. read more
Hanukkah was one of the few times of the year when rabbis permitted games of chance. The four sides of the top bear four Hebrew letters: nun, gimmel, hey, and shin. Players begin by putting into a central pot or “kitty” a certain number of coins, chocolate money known as gelt, nuts, buttons or other small objects. read more