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Learn Hebrew - Hanukkah Words

Hebrew - English wordsheet with transliterations

Hanukkah - חנוכה

Hanukkah Customs

In the Diaspora, the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, hay, and shin are inscribed on the four sides of the spinning top (Dreidel - Yiddish). They are the first letters of the words "Nes gadol hayah sham" which means "A great miracle happened there.  In Israel however, dreidels are inscribed nun, gimel, hay, pay for "Nes gadol hayah poh" meaning "A great miracle happened here."

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