Dreidel Playing Tradition

When the talk is about the festival of lights and goody food, as in Hanukah, the first thing that strikes the mind is undoubtedly the Dreidel playing tradition. Hanukkah tradition of playing Dreidel is not new. The Dreidel is a 4-sided spinning top consisting of a distinctive Hebrew letter on each side. In America the letters stand for "A Great Miracle Happened There". Read to know as to how to play Hanukah game of Dreidel:

In this game, an equal number of coins or candies are distributed among all the players and each player is asked to keep aside a certain proportion of their amount or candy pieces and put them into the "kupah" or kitty. Thereafter, each player is asked to spin the Dreidel, which falls on one of the 4 letters. Nun stands for: no win and no loss, Gimmel: take everything (from the kitty), Hay: take half portion from the kitty, Peh or Shin - lose everything that you deposited. The game continues till the players lose everything they have.