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Dreidels And
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MARK MIETKIEWICZ
Special to the Jewish News
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You'll find more history plus rules to
the game at the ForEveryJew website:
www.foreyeryjew.com/chanukah.html
You can buy dreidels in practically any
shape and material, but you can also
make your own paper dreidel:
www.holidays.net/chanukah/
pattern.html
Truth be told, these paper dreidels
aren't the best spinners. So Rita Milos
Brownstein has some great suggestions
about what you can do with them:
www.jewish.com/chanukah/
paper.shtml
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Nether you call it a dreidel
or a sevivon, Chanukah's
special four-sided top
never fails to instill lovely
memories in children and bring back
delightful ones in the not-so-young.
That's why it's no surprise that there
are so many wonderful pages devoted to
dreidels on the World Wide Web.
How did the dreidel become associat-
ed with the holiday of Chanukah? The
World Zionist Organization site men-
tions one explanation. "One anecdote
recalls the dreidel from the times when
the Syrians prohibited the Jews from
studying Torah. When the Syrians saw a
group of Jews together, they checked to
see that they were not studying. The
Jews would hide their books and take
out their dreidels and trick the Syrians
into thinking they were just playing a
game:"
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Nothing can replace the visceral thrill
of spinning your own dreidel. But since
everything seems ro have gone hi-tech
these days, you can try your luck on
your computer with some virtual drei-
dels. Choose from the TorahTots ver-
sion:
torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/
dreidel.htm
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www.jewfaq.org/dreidel/
or the ShockDreidel Game:
www.dnai.corn/°/o7Edunda/SW/Shock
Dreidel.html
You can also download the more
sophisticated Dreidel game (for
Windows and Macintosh). Since this is
shareware, you are expected to pay for
this game if you enjoy it and decide to
keep it:
www.dnai.com/%7Edunda/prod-
ucts.html
I found another online game that
should please dreidel lovers. The Dreidel
Slide Puzzle challenges you to unscram-
ble the pieces to make a picture of a
dreidel:
wwvv.primarygarnes.cornJholidays/han
ukkah/sliders/start.htrn
Although the classic Chanukah foods
are latkes and the jelly-filled sufganiyot
(doughtnuts), there's no reason you can't
indulge your passion for dreidels. The
Jewish Community Centers Association
website has recipes for classic Dreidel
Cookies along with ideas for Dreidel
Toast and Fruity Dreidels that make
good use of strawberries, bananas and
canned pears:
www.jcca.org/thisnewmonth/kisley-
dreidelcookies.htm
For almost a century, the American
Lung Association has run the Christmas
Seals campaign to promote lung health.
In 1998, the association launched a
Chanukah Seals campaign. You can take
a look at the stamps, with their dreidel
and menorah designs, and print them
out. And it's still not to late to e-mail
them as free electronic postcards:
www.chanukahseals.org/send_00.html
What would Chanukah be without
the music — and two of the holiday's
sweetest tunes which pay homage to the
little toy? First, sing along to "Sevivon,
Sov, Sov, Soy" with both Hebrew and
English lyrics:
207.168.91.4/vjholidays/chanukah/ch
antunes2.htm
And then try all three verses of "I
Have a Little Dreidel:
www.rainmall.com/hanukkah/hanu-
song.htm
Oh, and if you've never had a little
dreidel (and made it out of clay), it's
never too late! Just follow the instruc-
tions, make your little dreidel and have
a wonderful holiday:
www.chadiscrafts.com/fun/chanukah .
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Mark Mietkiewicz is a Toronto-based televi-
sion producer who writes, lectures and teaches
about the Jewish Internet. He can be contacted
at highway@rogers.com