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(If you want to be really cool, try spinning the dreidel upside down, on its handle!) Players are eliminated when they run out of chips. The last player left (or winning the most, if you want to stop early) wins the game. Dreidel directions in Yiddish and English: 3 Nun = Nisht/Nothing (pass) ) Gimmel = Gantz/Get (take the whole pot) fl Hey = Halb/Half (take half the pot) NO Shin = Shtel/Put In (put a chip in the pot) If it's an Israeli dreidel, Pey = Pay, of course! Though dreidels for playing are most commonly made of inexpensive plastic or wood dreidels, a whole industry of designer dreidels has "spun off" for gift items and for collectors of Judaica. They are available at Jewish book and gift shops, or through mail order catalogs such as HaMakor (The Source for Everything Jewish). There are intricate silver filigree dreidels, exquisite enamelled porce- lain dreidel "boxes" with hinged tops, musical dreidels, leaded stained-glass dreidels, artsy painted dreidels, sculpted dreidels, cut crystal dreidels, and on and on. Collector Styles Martin Brin bought a Waterford Crystal dreidel five years ago and started a new hobby. His collection now holds three- dozen dreidels, displayed on a specially built shelving unit in his Southfield home. Almost all of the dreidels were bought as gifts by Marty's wife, Philicia, who buys him a few every Chanukah, and sometimes for birthdays, too. Philicia had the display unit built as a birthday surprise last year. "They were in the china cabinet before, and you couldn't really appreciate them," she said. Now, the dreidels are arrayed on the shelves, along with the children's meno- rahs. The Brins' five children — ages 8 months ranging to 16 — know the drei- dels are not for play. Just in case, though, the wooden dreidels are on the lower shelves, with the china and crystal ones higher up, out of reach. Included in the family's collection are silver dreidels, wooden Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse painted dreidels, a Lenox china dreidel, and two Gary Rosenthal designer art dreidels of sol- dered copper. There are three delicate, blownglass dreidels, each with colored liquid inside that swirls when the dreidel is spun. Three music box dreidels are in the collection: a large inlaid wooden dreidel that is turned on its stand to wind the music, a glitter-filled snow globe that plays Maoz Tzur and a gleaming silver- plated dreidel that turns on its base to the tune of "Dreidel, Dreidel." There is a brightly colored clay drei- del made in the millefleur technique (used in glass paperweights), and a wooden puzzle dreidel. The Brins even have a dreidel-shaped cookie jar, and a menorah with the shammas (servant flame) candle holder mounted atop two wooden dreidels. The dreidels in the Brins' collection mostly range in price from $20 to $200 and were bought at local Jewish book- stores, through catalogs, and at Chanukah boutique sales. One was even won at a synagogue silent auction. "I always look for something unusu- al," says Philicia. "It's a fun thing to col- lect." Some Places To Shop "Ariana Gallery, 119 S. Main, Royal Oak; (248) 546-8810. •Borenstein's Books & Music, 25242 Greenfield, Oak Park; (248) 967-3920. 'Chaim Roetter's Emmes Judaica, by appointment, Oak Park; (248) 547- 8986. •Esther's Judaica, 6245 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield; (248) 932-3377. •Haivfakor Judaica, Inc. (The Source For Everything Jewish Catalog), 1 (800) 426-2567; Web site: www.jewishsource.com ' Ilona & Gallery, 6385 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield; (248) 855-4488. •Spitzer's Hebrew Book and Gift Center, 21790 W. 11 Mile, Southfield; (248) 356-6080. 'Tradition! Tradition!, by appoint- ment, 17235 Shervilla Place, Southfield; (248) 557-0109. •Congregation Adat Shalom, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills; (248) 851-5100. "Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township; (248) 851-1100. 'Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield; (248) 661-5700. 'Jewish Community Center, Maple and Drake roads, West Bloomfield, (248) 661-1000; 15110 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, (248) 967-4030.