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Hanukkah - The Dreidel Game, Hanukkah Crafts & Fun for Kids

Children, as well as adults, love to play curio cabinets.
the Dreidel Game during Hanukkah (also "L'dor l'dor" means "from generation to
spelt Chanukah), and a wide range of generation," and it refers to the
dreidels can easily be purchased online importance of passing down traditions and
at judaica shops. The selection and religious practices to your children.
variation of styles available can be Hanukkah is one of best times to pass
overwhelming, but the game played with down your Jewish traditions to your kids
them is always the same! because of how many resources there are,
A dreidel (also spelt draydel and and how much fun the holiday is.
draydle) is a four-sided top or any Fortunately, it's easy to help your kids
shaped spinning item with four Hebrew enjoy and understand the Hanukkah season,
symbols on it. The symbols are each a and to get them involved in Hanukkah
different Hebrew letter: nun, gimel, heh, activities. Of course, most popular is
and shin. These four letters stand for the dreidel game. If your kids don't have
the words: nes, gadol, hayah, and sham. dreidels, buy at least one for each of
The translation of these four words is: them and teach them how to play. If you
"A Great Miracle Happened There." In want to encourage their artistic side,
Israel, the last letter on the dreidel is you can get dreidels your kids can color
peh instead of shin. This last letter and decorate themselves, or even ones
stands for the word poh, which changes that they can build themselves such as
the meaning to: "A Great Miracle Happened the new clay dreidel that can be molded,
Here." dried and then painted before it is
To play the Dreidel Game, you start with played with.
a "pot" in the middle. The "pot" can be Other activities during the Hanukkah
made of candy, coins, chocolate gelt, or season include reading Hanukkah books,
any other small thing of value, although eating candy and gelt, coloring, putting
most times children play with gelt. Gelt together puzzles, sending out Hanukkah
is the Yiddish word for "money," but in cards, making cookies with Hanukkah
this context, gelt often refers to cookie cutters, playing with Hanukkah
chocolate coins widely available during stickers, and more. Kids can even get
Hanukkah. Each player is given a certain Hanukkah yo-yos that play traditional
amount of gelt and puts one piece into songs like The Dreidel Song, which
the center to start the "pot." The begins, "I have a little dreidel."
players then take turns spinning the It is common for each child in the family
dreidel, and whichever side faces up (or to have their own Hanukkah menorah to
whichever Hebrew letter is pointed to) light. But if you have kids who are too
when it stops spinning determines what young to light candles, then you may want
you do: to consider some of the kid-friendly
If the letter NUN is facing up, you do menorahs available today. For instance,
NOTHING. there are stuffed menorahs with flames
If the letter SHIN is facing up, you PUT that Velcro on, and thin plastic ones
ONE piece of gelt into the pot. that stick to the window and have
If the letter HEH is facing up, you TAKE separate plastic flames that can be
HALF the gelt from the pot. attached.
If the letter GIMEL is facing up, you Because the Hanukkah season is so
TAKE ALL the gelt from the pot. festive, there are big parties and family
If ever the pot is empty, each player gatherings. Many families give their
puts one piece of gelt into the center. children a present each night of Chanukah
When a player runs out of gelt, he or she and decorate their homes with blue and
is out of the game! The winner is the white festive decorations and electric
last one left in. lights, often shaped like dreidels. Gifts
Some dreidels are hollow and can be run the gamut from gelt to clothing, from
filled with candy or chocolate. Some play hanukkah toys and crafts to video games.
music when they spin. And still others Some families choose to get and fill
can be stacked on top of one another as Hanukkah bags for their kids so they
they spin. They are made from many don't feel left out when their non-Jewish
different materials, including plastic, friends receive gifts and candy in
wood, ceramic, glass, gold, and silver. stockings. Again, all of these wonderful
The plastic versions cost as little as items are easily available online as you
ten cents, but gold and silver dreidels shop from your armchair, and you can shop
can cost in the hundreds of dollars. Even to your heart's content as you plan on
though dreidels are mostly enjoyed by making this a hanukkah for your kids to
children, no matter how young or old, remember with hanukkah toys, activities,
many adults collect ornate and beautiful dreidels, puzzles, cookie cutters,
dreidels, and display them in china or menorahs, and more.




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