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  • Hanukkah
    Hanukkah
    / Nonreligious traditions

    …a four-sided top called a dreidel (Hebrew sevivon). On each side of the top is a Hebrew letter, which forms the initials of the words in the saying “Nes gadol haya sham,” meaning “A great miracle happened there.” In modern Israel the letters of the dreidel were changed to reflect…

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    …a four-sided top called a dreidel (Hebrew sevivon). On each side of the top is a Hebrew letter, which forms the initials of the words in the saying “Nes gadol haya sham,” meaning “A great miracle happened there.” In modern Israel the letters of the dreidel were changed to reflect…

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