With R’ Yechiel Goldhaber discussing the history of playing games and dreidel on Chanukah

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We discussed why playing games (gambling) was allowed and accepted on Chanukah, the sugya of mesachek b'kuvya, a brief history of dreidel as a non-Jewish gambling game, various stories about games on Chanukah,

To contact R' Goldhaber: Goldhaber.y@gmail.com

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