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However, according to folk etymology, they represent the Hebrew phrase נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם ( nes gadól hayá sham, 'a great miracle happened there'), referring to the miracle of the cruse of oil. These letters are represented in Yiddish as a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game derived from teetotum played with a dreidel: nun stands for the word נישט ( nisht, 'not', meaning 'nothing'), gimel for גאַנץ ( gants, 'entire, whole'), hei for האַלב ( halb, 'half'), and shin for שטעל אַרײַן ( shtel arayn, 'put in'). The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in many European cultures.Įach side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Dreidels for sale at Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, Israel, with Israel specific lettering on blue dreidels (נ ג ה פ) and diaspora lettering on orange dreidels (נ ג ה ש)Ī dreidel, also dreidle or dreidl ( / ˈ d r eɪ d əl/ DRAY-dəl Yiddish: דרײדל, romanized: dreydl, plural: dreydlech Hebrew: סביבון, romanized: sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. For elements of Klezmer music, see Dreydlekh.

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