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In Israel: nun, gimmel, hei, pei - these letters represent the phrase: nes gadol haya po - a great miracle happened here.

Outside of Israel: nun, gimmel, hei, shein - nes gadol haya sham - a great miracle happened there.
Hebrew letters are carved on a dreidel:

nun - × 

gimmel - ×’

hei - ×”

sheen - ש

Those letters stand for 'a great miracle happened there' : נס גדול היה שם

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The Hebrew letters on the sides of the dreidel, (with their game rules) are:

  • Nun (נ) - none

  • Gimmel (ג) - get all

  • Heh (ה) - half

  • Shin (ש) - put one in

(In Israel it's Pe (פ) instead of Shin ש).

Outside of Israel: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Shin are the initial letters for the words Nes Gadol Hai'ya Sham (נס גדול היה שם), which translates to 'A great miracle happened there'.

In Israel: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Pe stands for Nes Gadol Hai'ya Po, which translates to 'A great miracle happened here' (נס גדול היה פה).

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The Yiddish word dreidel means top.

The Hebrew letters on the sides of the dreidel, (with their game rules) are:

  • Nun (×?) - none
  • Gimmel (×’) - get all
  • Heh (×”) - half
  • Shin (ש) - put one in

(In Israel it's Pe (פ) instead of Shin ש).

Outside of Israel: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Shin are the initial letters for the words Nes Gadol Hai'ya Sham (×?ס גדול ×”×™×” שם), which translates to 'A great miracle happened there'.

In Israel: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Pe stands for Nes Gadol Hai'ya Po, which translates to 'A great miracle happened here' (×?ס גדול ×”×™×” פה).

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there are four hebrew letters on the sides of the dreidel: נ, ג, ה, ש

In Israel only, the letters are: נ, ג, ה, פ

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