#5714 – The "Daring" Dread of the Dreidl?

Question

Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a is it permited to play a dreidl game and using candies instead of money? If permitted can youngsters play it on Shabbat?

Answer

Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains it is permitted during weekdays but not during Shabbath.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman Horav, Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a

Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a

Published: December 19, 2025

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