The playing of the ‘Dreidel’ game isperhaps the most famous custom associated with Hanukkah. Legend has it that when the ancient Greeks outlawed the study of Torah, Jews used spinning tops popular gambling devices to outsmart them. A dreidel is a pointed, four-sided top normally made of wood or plastic, which can be made to spin on its pointed base. Although Hanukkah has a universal secular message of religious freedom, the menorah is an inherently […]