What was the dreidel used for?

Answer 1

As the story goes, Jews were not allowed to study Torah during the Greco-Syrian occupation. Jews continued to study but had clay dreidls to play with if discovered and hopefully fool the guards.

Answer 2

No one knows.

Many rabbis have tried to find a historical connection between the dreidel and the Hanukkah story.

One 19th century rabbi proposed that in Ancient times, Jews played with the dreidel in order to fool the Greeks if they were caught studying Torah, which had been outlawed.

The standard explanation is that the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin, which appear on the dreidel in the Diaspora, stand for nes gadol haya sham--"a great miracle happened there,"while in Israel the dreidel says nun, gimmel, hey, pey, which means "a great miracle happened here."

Answer 3

Many rabbis have tried to find a historical connection between the dreidel and the Hanukkah story.

One 19th century rabbi proposed that in Ancient times, Jews played with the dreidel in order to fool the Greeks if they were caught studying Torah, which had been outlawed.

The standard explanation is that the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin, which appear on the dreidel in the Diaspora, stand for nes gadol haya sham--"a great miracle happened there,"while in Israel the dreidel says nun, gimmel, hey, pey, which means "a great miracle happened here."

Answer 4

It is a children's gambling game. it is usually played with candies or pennies.

Many rabbis have tried to find a historical connection between the dreidel and the Hanukkah story.

One 19th century rabbi proposed that in Ancient times, Jews played with the dreidel in order to fool the Greeks if they were caught studying Torah, which had been outlawed.

The standard explanation is that the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin, which appear on the dreidel in the Diaspora, stand for nes gadol haya sham--"a great miracle happened there,"while in Israel the dreidel says nun, gimmel, hey, pey, which means "a great miracle happened here."

Answer 5

The dreidel is yet another way of celebrating the miracle of Hanukkah that happened in Israel. Jews use it to play a game involving chocolate coins, or gelt. The 4Hebrewletters on the dreidel stand for a phrase meaning "A great miracle happened there." In Israel the last of the four letters is different, so the phrase becomes "A great miracle happened here."

Answer 6

Many rabbis have tried to find a historical connection between the dreidel and the Hanukkah story.

One 19th century rabbi proposed that in Ancient times, Jews played with the dreidel in order to fool the Greeks if they were caught studying Torah, which had been outlawed.

The standard explanation is that the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin, which appear on the dreidel in the Diaspora, stand for nes gadol haya sham--"a great miracle happened there,"while in Israel the dreidel says nun, gimmel, hey, pey, which means "a great miracle happened here."

Answer 7

The purpose of the Dreidel games are for the holiday of Chanukah. They are a form of Hebrew games and they are for the celebration of this holiday. It is part of Chanukah.

Answer 8

A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top played with during the Jewish holiday- Hanukkah

Answer 9

Children gamble with it.