How To Play Dreidel

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The dreidel, the small top that's among the most recognizable symbols of the Hanukkah season, is a fun game of chance to play with friends and family.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A dreidel
At least two players
Coins, candies, or other betting tokens

Step 1: Divide the tokens

Divide the candies, coins, or other betting tokens evenly among the players.

Tip: Dole out a minimum of ten tokens per person.

Step 2: Ante up

Each player antes up one token to begin.

Step 3: Spin the dreidel

The players take turns spinning the dreidel, which has four sides, each marked with a Hebrew letter.

Step 4: Do nothing

If the dreidel lands on "nun," which stands for the Yiddish word nisht, or "nothing," do nothing.

Step 5: Take everything

If the dreidel lands on "gimmel," which stands for the Yiddish word gantz, or "everything," you've hit the jackpot. Take all the tokens.

Step 6: Take half

If the dreidel lands on "hey," which stands for the Yiddish word halb, or "half," you win half the pot.

Tip: If there are an odd number of tokens in the pot, the player rounds up one.

Step 7: Put one in

If the dreidel lands on "shin," which stands for the Yiddish word shtel, or "put in," you have to put one of your tokens into the pot.

Step 8: Fill the pot

Whenever the pot is emptied—or gets down to one token—everyone adds a token.

Step 9: Ante up again

After every player has had a spin, everyone puts in another token and begin another round of spinning.

Step 10: Sit out

A player is out when he or she runs out of tokens.

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[christopherspeedy]

thats the first place i go when i go to vegas baby, the dreidel table, high rollin baby

[akualt]

lol, Jews and gambling gold coins, some how I'm not surprised.

[illfackakillya]

why these jews are stealing each other?

[rsgalhero]

@akualt Mmm, chocolate.

[EMalkin71luver]

i played this at school! but its not for Hanuka (idk if i spelled it right) its just for fun. i love this game!

[max27889]

@0xNEVVG3N like your mother did to me last night?

[max27889]

@Mstealth89 your not supposed to gamble with it, you just spin it for fun.

[NightQueen1313]

I used to play this all time as a kid XD but then i forgot how to play and just spun them around lol. Now i can play it again teach my friends, and play for candy and fries at lunch tommorow lol

[ae10wnu]

as an arab i found Jewish culture very interesting :), i wanna try celebrating chanukah lol

[WeisseEdelweiss]

Kind of sounds like fun. : )