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Dreidel

 

Dreidel is traditionally played with gold chocolate coins. Spin the dreidel and see where it lands:

N - Nes ... N or nun stands for nisht or nothing. If the dreidel lands on nun, you do nothing.
No Points.

G - Gadol ... G or gimel stands for ganz or all. Take everything in the middle.
Give yourself 20 Points.

H - Haya ... H or hay stands for halb or half. Take half of what is in the middle plus one if there is an odd number of objects. 
Give yourself 5 Points. 

S - Sham ... S or shin stands for shtel or put in Or you may have a dreidel with a “Pey” which means “Poh” or Here. Put two objects into the middle. 
Take Away 2 Points. 

The four letters which appear on the four corners of a dreidel alude to the miracle of Hanukkah. They spell out: Nes (N-miracle), Gadol (G-great), Haya (H-happened) and Sham (S-there, meaning in Israel) or Poh (P – here, meaning Israel).