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Chanukah Dreidel Hides

Chanukah Dreidel Hides

by | Oct 29, 2020 | Chanukah, Jewish Holidays

In Sardinia a Chanukah Dreidel Hides in Plain Sight On the Italian island of Sardinia it wouldn’t be Natale (Christmas) without spinning the “barrallicu,” (“bar-a-LEE-koo”), a wooden cube made to spin like… well exactly like the dreidel used by Jews throughout the...
Rededicate Your Home on Chanukah

Rededicate Your Home on Chanukah

by | Nov 4, 2019 | Aging Posts, Chanukah

Rededicate Your Home on Chanukah Polly said, “It’s early this year,” and Helen agreed.  Edith confessed that she just wasn’t ready, while George complained that his retirement community prohibited the use of lighted candles, “So how am I gonna make Chanukah this...
A Calabria Miracle!

A Calabria Miracle!

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog, Chanukah

A Calabria Miracle! When Covid Restrictions Cancelled our Chanukah Celebration the Local Parish Priest Offered the Church! When Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud was deemed too small to meet Italy’s Covid 19 social distancing requirements it seemed that the annual...

Chanukah Spelling

by | Dec 9, 2017 | Chanukah

OK, So How Do You Spell the Jewish Festival of Lights?   Chanukah is an unusual Jewish holiday because it is the only one of our Jewish festivals that does not appear anywhere in the Jewish Bible and of all the holidays we Jews celebrate, Chanukah, with its eight...