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  2. Dreidel - Wikipedia

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    The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in Europe and Latin America. Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ ‎ , ג ‎ , ה ‎ , ש ‎ . These letters are represented in Yiddish as a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game possibly derived from teetotum played with a dreidel: nun ...

  3. Teetotum - Wikipedia

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    The teetotum was later adapted into the dreidel, a Jewish toy played with during Hanukkah. The dreidel typically has four sides: N (נ ‎) for nothing; G (ג ‎) for take all; H (ה ‎) for take half, and S (ש ‎) or P (פֹּ ‎) for put one in. These letters form an acronym, in Hebrew, which recalls the miracle for which the holy day is ...

  4. 10 surprising facts you may not know about Hanukkah - AOL

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    The four letters on a dreidel each stand for a Hebrew word. Outside Israel, the letters represent a sentence that means "a great miracle happened there." In Israel, ...

  5. Hanukkah: 8 facts to know about the holiday, from the menorah ...

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    European Jews adopted the game and replaced the German and English letters with Hebrew ones to engage with the scripture. Now the dreidel is used throughout the holiday. How does one play the game?

  6. 11 Hanukkah Traditions to Celebrate the Festival of Lights - AOL

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    wundervisuals/Getty Images. 4. Playing Dreidel. A dreidel is a tiny spinning top, inscribed with Hebrew letters on its four sides, and it’s used to play the popular Hanukkah game by the same name.

  7. I Have a Little Dreidel - Wikipedia

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    I Have a Little Dreidel" [1] (also known as "The Dreidel Song" [1] or "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel") is a children's Hanukkah song in the English-speaking world that also exists in a Yiddish version called "Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl", (Yiddish: איך בין אַ קלײנער דרײדל Lit: I am a little dreidel German: Ich bin ein kleiner Dreidel).

  8. When is Hanukkah? Here is everything you need to know ... - AOL

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    A small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side. The letters on the dreidel are the first letters in a Hebrew phrase that means “A Great Miracle Happened There.” Players spin ...

  9. Hanukkah gelt - Wikipedia

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    Hanukkah gelt (Yiddish: חנוכה געלט ḥanukah gelt; Hebrew: דמי חנוכה dmei ḥanukah 'Hanukkah money'), also known as gelt (German: Geld), is money given as presents during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. It is typically given to children and sometimes teachers, often in conjunction with the game of Dreidel.

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