Chanukah

Dreidel(s)

dreidelBy Yossi Huttler

the distance between

peh and shin

spans

here to there

the Holy to the outside

lands

where and where not

nun, gimel, heh

a great miracle took place

Yossi Huttler, who lives in Los Angeles, is the author of Lakol Z’man: A Poetical Journey Through The Jewish Year. Mr. Huttler’s poems and essays have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Daily Forward, the Jewish Observer, and other publications.

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