Dreidel
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A dreidel, also dreidle or dreidl, 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
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)
A variety of dreidels
Ancient Middle Eastern top resembling a dreidel
Wooden dreidel
Miracle of the cruse of oil
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Miracle of the cruse of oil, or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is a sixth-century Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In the story, the miracle occurred after the l
Dreidel
…these four letters represent the Hebrew phrase נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם (nes gadól hayáh sham, "a great miracle happened there"), referring to the miracle of the cruse of oil. For this reason, most dreidels in Israel replace the letter shin with the letter פ (pe), to represent the phrase נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה פֹּה (nes gadól…
Al HaNissim prayer, said every Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle
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