Why do we play with Dreidels on Chanukah?

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e so good morning so today is this week's para let me start with the para and then we'll talk about KH today is the fourth day of khaka tonight will be the fifth night we light fifth five candles tonight so um first the para is called Mikes Mikes mean sorry Vash I take that back had the wrong Para this week's par is Vash which means he approached and where towards the end of the story of Joseph and his brothers where um Joseph's brothers had brothers where um Joseph's brothers had originally come down to buy food they didn't know that Joseph was the leader of Egypt he accuses them of being spies they don't recognize him he accuses them of being spies and um insists they bring their younger brother Benjamin in order to prove their innocence they bring Benjamin then he frames Benjamin by putting his silver Magic goblet in Benjamin's bag and last week's para ended with the brothers coming back to Joseph Joseph says I'm taking Benjamin as a slave Jacob had warned them not to return without Benjamin so Yehuda return without Benjamin so Yehuda approaches Yash he approaches and he tells him he doesn't know it's ysf he's the ruler of Egypt and he begs him he says our father uh we didn't want to bring Benjamin you forced us to bring benjam and if we don't bring him back our father didn't want to let him go if we don't bring him back our father will die please let him go and at this point Joseph cannot control himself anymore he sends everyone out of the room and he calls his brothers close and he says I am Joseph whom you sold to Egypt but do

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