Hanukkah spinning top. By Rony Akrich
The “dreidel” (Yiddish) or “sevivon” (Hebrew) is perhaps the most famous custom associated with Hanukkah. Indeed, various rabbis have tried to find an integral connection between the “dreidel” and the Hanukkah story.. The Standard Explanation corresponds to letters “nun, gimmel, hey, shin”which appear on the “dreidel”; in Diaspora, they mean “ ness gadol haya sham” … Read more