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Dreidels have 4 letters on them but they make up an acronym, not a word. There are two version of the acronym and they are:
In Israel: Neis, Gadol, Haya, Po - A great miracle happened here.
Outside of Israel: Neis, Gadol, Haya, Sham - A great miracle happened there.
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∙ 11y agoEach side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: × (Nun), ×’ (Gimel), ×” (Hei), ש (Shin), which together form the acronym for "× ×¡ גדול ×”×™×” ש×" (Nes Gadol Hayah Sham - "a great miracle happened there"). These letters also form a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game played with a dreidel: Nun stands for the Yiddish word nisht ("nothing"), Hei stands for halb ("half"), Gimel for gants ("all"), and Shin for shtel ayn ("put in"). In Israel, the fourth side of most dreidels
is inscribed with the letter פ (Pei), rendering the acronym, × ×¡ גדול ×”×™×” פה, Nes Gadol Hayah Poh-"A great miracle happened here" referring to the miracle occurring in the land of Israel.
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