Ohr Somayach :: Chanukah :: The Secret of the Dreidel
Who knew? The dreidle is actually an ancient storytelling device!
A children’s game, played in the firelight of a cold winter night, the Chanukah Menorah silently glowing in the window… The dreidel. Its four sides spinning around the still point in the turning circle; spinning so fast that its sides blur into nothingness… The dreidel. So seemingly insignificant – and yet this little dreidel contains the story of the Jewish People; the history of the whole world…
Learn more about the meaning dreidles than you thought ever existed. Heck, I just figured it was a good way to teach us to gamble as children!
