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How are Chanukah and Purim different?

April 26, 2017chanukah different purim

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How are Chanukah and Purim different?

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On Chanukah the nes (miracle) was an open and revealed miracle from above (l’maalah) while on Purim the nes was hidden and seemingly natural (l’matah). To commemorate the way the miracles happened, on Chanukah we spin the dreidel from the top, while on Purim we spin the gragger from the bottom.