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ruby slippers
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 Sun, Dec 21 2014, 4:07 am
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Happy Chanukah- so last night we tried to sit down and play dreidel with our teenage kids and it was NOT fun- only because everyone seemed to have different rules to the game- would love to hear how imamothers play!
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zaq
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Sun, Dec 21 2014, 7:23 pm
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It's dreidel, not International Grand Masters Chess. "Rules" vary. As I recall from my childhood, H meant you take Halb, or half the pot, G meant take Gantz, the whole pot, N meant Nisht, do nothing and Sh meant Shtelln, put something in the pot. But that was our family. I am sure others have different mesorahs entirely. For example, some people take the pot when they land on Nun, which is "Nem" (Yiddish for "take"), and Gimel may be "Geb" (Give).
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Raisin
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:38 am
everyone I know follows zaqs rules
nun - nothing
gimel take all
hey take half
shin put one in
when the pot is empty (after a gimel) everyone puts one in.
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Amelia Bedelia
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 6:22 am
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How many pennies does everyone start with?
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ruby slippers
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 10:39 am
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Does everyone spin at the same time or you spin one at a time?
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chanee
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 11:41 am
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According to zaq's rules when does the game end?
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youngishbear
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 11:44 am
Never.
It just never ends...
Some players get eliminated as their pennies run out in the course of the game, but it is over when mommy says it's over.
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chanee
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 11:59 am
| youngishbear wrote: | Never.
It just never ends...
Some players get eliminated as their pennies run out in the course of the game, but it is over when mommy says it's over. |
Aha, some kind of monopoly game...
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greenfire
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 12:00 pm
use zaquie's yiddish rules - remember there were no actual -נס גדול not here or there they played dreidel to keep learning torah under guise
nisht
gantze
halb
shtellin - which means to 'put in' not actually share albeit de zelbe zach
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greenfire
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 12:00 pm
it ends when all the chocolate gelt is eaten 
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ruby slippers
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 1:23 pm
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What if the Momma couldn't resist and ate all the gelt before the game started!
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Raisin
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 1:28 pm
you spin one at a time.
I give about 5 coins/jellybeans to each kid and a bit more in the middle. As many in the middle as players is probably a good number.
You can say you will do x number of rounds if you want.
You are out when you run out of coins...but my kindhearted kids lend/give more to their siblings. 
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youngishbear
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 1:36 pm
My father used to practice socialism, quietly redistributing his income among us kids.
Come to think of it, he probably was trying to end the game faster... and now that I'm thinking further, I think I'll start this new traditon and base it on my father's derech. When the parents run out of money/gelt/chocolate/jellies, the game is over!
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amother
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 1:36 pm
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What do you do in Israel where there is no Shin on the driedel but a Pey?
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zaq
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:13 pm
| chanee wrote: | | According to zaq's rules when does the game end? |
when Mom announces the latkes are ready or when everyone gets bored, whichever is first.
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cbg
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:18 pm
So, I've changed the rules a bit and the game was faster and more fun. Everyone gets a dreidel.
First person puts in his bet.
Everyone in the game matches it.
If anyone wants to raise, they can do so
Everyone that's in matches the raise.
JUST LIKE IN POKER
Then everyone spins at the same time.
The highest spin wins. That means if you get gimmel you win the entire pot. If you get hey you win only 1/2, if no one else has a gimmel. If you get shin you must put in 1 coin.
The person that wins starts the bidding again.
I wouldn't play this way with little kids, but it's much more fun for teenagers and adults this way.
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octopus
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Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:22 pm
nun- nothing
shin-shove one in
gimmel- get the whole thing
hey- half
pey- put one in
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