A dreidel (also spelled draydl, dreydel, dreydl, or dreidl, and Sevivon in Hebrew) is a four-sided top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Each side of the dreidel is bearing a letter: נ (Nun), ג (Gimel), ה (Hei), ש (Shin), which stands as an acronym for "נס גדול היה שם" (Nes Gadol Haya Sham – "a great miracle happened there"). Nun means none, hei means half, gimel means all and shin means put in. In Israel, instead of ש (Shin), the letter פ (Pe) is written to symbolize the location of the miracle — "פה" (Po – "here").

The yiddish word "dreidel" comes from the German word "drehen" ("turn").

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I have a little dreidel, I made it out of wood...http://bit.ly/3eLxTX
MandySaven (Mandy Saven) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:47:39 -0000
I have a little dreidel, I made it out of wood...http://bit.ly/3eLxTX
"I'll be be spinning this like a dreidel on a frictionless table at a Hanukkah party in a rotating restaurant."
jelliott4 (Joe Elliott) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:18:44 -0000
"I'll be be spinning this like a dreidel on a frictionless table at a Hanukkah party in a rotating restaurant."
I'm a clock whisperer that can play dreidel! Oh. Yeah.
EllieRoxYewrSox (Ellie Horn) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:19 -0000
I'm a clock whisperer that can play dreidel! Oh. Yeah.
is putting together a christmas show... DREIDEL! #fb
DrunkScribble (Erin Lane) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:50 -0000
is putting together a christmas show... DREIDEL! #fb
Why isn't there a bridge to the dreidel song?
mondocoin (Ross McIntire) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:11:00 -0000
Why isn't there a bridge to the dreidel song?
Just got in the Delta Dreidel ball point in GTrim. Limited to 99 pieces. Check out the site later today for pics. www.bertramsinkwell.com
bertramsinkwell (Bertram Oser) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:40 -0000
Just got in the Delta Dreidel ball point in GTrim. Limited to 99 pieces. Check out the site later today for pics. www.bertramsinkwell.com

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