Tag Archives: Hanukka

Whilst visiting Portugal this past summer, I was given a gift. It appeared to be a dreidel, though I was told that it was actually a Rapa, a Portuguese top used by children during Christmas. The store’s website though, claims that it is based upon the dreidel, a traditional Jewish …

There are some significant differences in the halakhot of Hanoukah between Sephardim and Ashkenazim, and it is very important for all of us to keep our minhagim clear and consistent–especially when a lot of Sephardic traditions are no longer followed simply because of the ignorance of those in the society …