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Did you know?
-The bar mitzvah ceremony dates back to medieval Ashkenaz.
-The Hanukkah dreidel was originally a German gambling toy.
-The custom of eating an apple dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah began in Ashkenaz.
-The wedding ceremony as we know it today, which also incorporates the engagement ceremony, started in Ashkenaz.
-The origins of the Yiddish language, which flourished in Poland-Lithuania, date back to Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages.
