December 2022

Playing dreidel is a simple Hanukkah game that everyone can enjoy.

The dreidel has a Hebrew letter on each of its four sides. The letters stand for the phrase, Nes Gadol Hayah Sham ("A great miracle happened there.") referring to the miracle of Hanukkah when a small amount of oil lasted eight days, allowing Jews to celebrate winning religious freedom in the newly rededicated temple.

How to play:

• Distribute the items evenly across players. 
• Each player puts one item into the center, making a ‘pot’.
• Player 1 spins the dreidel and performs the action associated with the Hebrew letter facing up (see below).
• At the end of each player's turn, everyone places another item into the pot.
• When a player runs out of items, they are out of the game. The player with items left at the end wins! 

Game tips: 

• Set a time limit or the game can go on forever! In this case, the person with the most items left wins. 
• Young children who cannot spin the dreidel can throw the dreidel down gently (like dice). 

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