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A dreidel, also dreidle or dreidl, [1] (/ ˈ d r eɪ d əl / DRAY-dəl; Yiddish: דרײדל, romanized: dreydl, plural: dreydlech; [a] Hebrew: סביבון, romanized: sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in Europe and ...
"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).
"I Have a Little Dreidel" [2] (also known as the "Dreidel Song" [2]) is a very famous song in the English speaking world for Hanukkah, which also has a Yiddish version. The Yiddish version is Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl, (Yiddish: איך בין אַ קלײנער דרײדל Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl Lit: I am a little dreidel).
Dreidels are marked with the letters for the Hebrew words "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham," which means "a great miracle happened there" (referring to Jerusalem). Playing dreidel is pretty simple.
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, ...
Using a flat-bottomed glass, gently press dough down to flatten, smoothing the edges if desired. Using a spice lid or cork about the same size as gelt coins, gently indent center of rounds. Bake ...
The dreidel, or sevivon in Hebrew, is a four-sided spinning top that children play with during Hanukkah. Each side is imprinted with a Hebrew letter which is an abbreviation for the Hebrew words נס גדול היה שם ( N es G adol H aya S ham , "A great miracle happened there"), referring to the miracle of the oil that took place in the ...
As the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah, is fast approaching (December 25, 2024 to January 2, 2025), we’re looking forward to playing dreidel (and winning gelt!), lighting the menorah with ...