Traditional Dreidel

This is a traditional Jewish top used to play the game dreidel


What you need: In addition to dreidels, you'll need the currency—nuts, pennies, nickels, chocolate coins, or just about anything else...
Instructions:
All players sit around the playing area.
The currency is equally divided amongst all players.
Everyone takes a turn at spinning the dreidel; the one with the highest spin has first turn. (Nun is highest, then gimmel, hey, and shin.) If there is a tie for highest, those who tied spin again.
Everyone puts one unit of the currency (penny, nut, etc.) into the pot.
The one who has first turn is followed in clockwise direction by all the others.
Rules of the Game
If the dreidel lands on a...


Nun Absolutely nothing happens. Nun stands for the Yiddish word nul, which means zero. It's time for the player to your left to take a spin.


Gimel You get to take the whole pot! Gimmel stands for gantz, which means whole. Everyone, including you, now puts another unit into the pot, and th