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What do the Hebrew letters on the...

Question
What do the Hebrew letters on the four sides of a dreidel stand for?

Answer

The letters nun, gimel, heh, and shin represent the saying, “Nes Gadol Haya Sham,” meaning “a great miracle happened there.” In Israel, a letter is replaced to change the phrase to “a great miracle happened here.”