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==Learning on Chanuka== | ==Learning on Chanuka== | ||
# It’s recommended to learn Hilachot Chanuka on Chanuka <ref> Yalkut Yosef 670:4 writes that it’s good to learn Hilchot Chanuka on Chanuka and quotes Salmat Chaim who agrees. See Alim LeTerufah (Miketz 5769 pg 48) who quotes the Orchot Chaim (a Rishon) that this is an obligation, however, he comments that in the hand written copies of the Orchot Chaim this text is omitted. </ref> | # It’s recommended to learn Hilachot Chanuka on Chanuka <ref> Yalkut Yosef 670:4 writes that it’s good to learn Hilchot Chanuka on Chanuka and quotes Salmat Chaim who agrees. See Alim LeTerufah (Miketz 5769 pg 48) who quotes the Orchot Chaim (a Rishon) that this is an obligation, however, he comments that in the hand written copies of the Orchot Chaim this text is omitted. </ref> | ||
=Dreidel== | ==Dreidel== | ||
# There’s a minhag for children to play Drediel. <ref> Otzer Minhagei Yishurun (19:4, pg 50) writes that the minhag is for children to play Dreidel because the Greeks who forbade gathering to learn the Talmidei Chachamim used the Driedel as a pretense for gathering to learn Torah. Minhagim VeHalichot Shel Maran Chatam Sofer (14:11, pg 181) writes that the Chatam Sofer kept this minhag. For more sources and reasons see Nitai Gavriel (Chanuka 51:1) and Bnei Yisaschar (Kislev 2:25). </ref> | # There’s a minhag for children to play Drediel. <ref> Otzer Minhagei Yishurun (19:4, pg 50) writes that the minhag is for children to play Dreidel because the Greeks who forbade gathering to learn the Talmidei Chachamim used the Driedel as a pretense for gathering to learn Torah. Minhagim VeHalichot Shel Maran Chatam Sofer (14:11, pg 181) writes that the Chatam Sofer kept this minhag. For more sources and reasons see Nitai Gavriel (Chanuka 51:1) and Bnei Yisaschar (Kislev 2:25). </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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