She Dreidel
Dreidel is played during Chanukah or Hanukkah; the holiday
begins on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. Chanukah lasts eight days and is a story of
Victory, and how the Maccabees defeated the Syrian’s - Greek’s to reclaim the
temple in Jerusalem.
Judah Maccabee and his brothers went to the temple in
Jerusalem after the fight and cleaned the temple. They discovered the oil used
to light the menorah was destroyed, polluted, and unusable. Looking harder the
brothers stumbled upon a small amount of oil to last a day. The miracle, the
oil lasted eight days, long enough to make oil for the menorah. The story is about Strength (light),
over darkness. There is power from the
candles that stay lit for an hour or so.
Dreidel Game Rules:
Get a Dreidel or make one like Zydac’s on a 3D printer.
In a Jewish, home the game Dreidel is taught from age 3 on
because of the complexity of understanding the Hebrew, English alphabet and
rules. Dreidel is a game you learn as you go.
I’ve heard through the grapevine that people rig Dreidel’s to land on
the magic letter of “G” of Gimmel.
Alphabet and meaning is in Hebrew, English and Yiddish. I grew-up in a home that Yiddish was spoken
the language, and I still speak Yiddish.
Age group 3 – adults:
Recommendations for kids use pretzels, chocolate coins, and
or m & m’s and other coin like edibles for kids. Adults may use quarters,
dimes, nickels, and pennies. House Rules are honored same as Vegas house rules:
Welcome to the Starr’s House Rules played in Yiddish, have
fun.
Adult Ante: $0.41 cents per person
Kids Ante: a smile and whatever food you can get them to add
and a kiss on the kop (head).
Spin:
Nun ℶ = gornisht =
nothing
Gimmel ℷ = gantz = the whole pot
Hay ה = halb = half the pot
Shin ש = pay = ante in $0.41 cent
Happy
Chanukah from our home to your home, and May your Miracles come true.
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