The Hanukkah Dreidel Game
The most famous of all of the Hanukkah games is the Hanukkah dreidel game. Find out the origins, meaning, and rules of the dreidle and the dreidel song, too!
You can also buy some great dreidels here.
Playing the Hanukkah
Dreidel Game
The Origin of the Hanukkah Dreidel
The Syrians decreed that the teaching or studying of Torah was a crime punishable by death or imprisonment. But the children defiantly studied in secret; and when Syrian patrols were spotted, they would pretend to be playing an innocent dreidel game. The dreidle is a four-sided spinning top, also called a s'vivon, in Hebrew.
On each side is a Hebrew letter: Nun, Gimel, Hay and Shin.
The letters stand for the phrase, "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham" --
a great miracle happened there. It is traditionally used to play a lively Chanukah game. Each player places some raisins, candies, or nuts into a kitty,
and the players take turns spinning the dreidel. Nun means nothing,
you win nothing, you lose nothing. Gimel means you take all.
Hay means you win half of what is in the kitty. Shin means you lose, and must put more into the kitty.
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