What in the World is a Dreidel!? (pronounced "dray-dle") A dreidel is a 4-sided spinning top with one Hebrew letter on each side. Those Hebrew letters are pronounced: נ "nun", ג "gimmel", ה "hay", ש "shin" Each of these letters stand for a Hebrew word: Nun = Nace, which means "miracle" Gimmel = gadole, which means "great" Hay= hayah, which means "was" Shin = sham, which means "there" Put them together and you get, "Nace gadol hayah sham" A great miracle happened there (in Israel) Dreidels sold in Israel have the letter פ "pay" instead of the "shin". The letter "pay" stands for the word "po", which means "here". In Israel they say, "Nace gadole hayah po" A great miracle happened here (in Israel) What is the miracle that happened? Aha! For more about the miracle of Chanukah you'll ne...
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