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Spinning top

(dreidel)

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A four-sided top used on Hanukkah to play a game of chance.

Video

How to play with a spinning top.

Translations

  • Hebrewסביבון
  • GermanDreidel
  • RussianВолчок
  • FrenchToupie
  • DutchTolletje
  • ItalianTrottola
  • CzechDrejdl
  • HungarianTrenderli
  • SpanishPerinola
  • GreekΣβούρα
  • PolishBączek chanukowy
  • Arabicالبلبل
  • Yiddishדריידל
  • LadinoDjuget Tomatodo por Hanuka

Bibliography

Friedmann, Jonathon L. “The Secret Origins of the Dreidel.” The Shekel: The Journal of Israel and Jewish History and Numismatics, vol. 47, no. 6, 2014, pp. 10-5.

Malul, Chen. “A Great Miracle Happened Where? The Origin of the Dreidel.” The Librarians: The Blog of the National Library of Israel, 19 Dec. 2019.

 

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