Woot I won a Dreidel chair!!!

[Disney Dreams]

You can do it, yes you can! Go Days!

I want in line!!! (throws a tantrum like a little kid .. heehee)

 

[AmberDaze]

I won! I won! I....uh, I made JustMonkeyMe play for me and SHE won!! So she gets the dreidel chair. Now she will have to play another time to win one for me. Hugs Monkey.

It's a rather easy game though -- choose the row on the left...and don't try and get into the front seat of the cars in front -- you can't.

 

[Goofy_Bob]

I think the dreidel chair is great, and even though I personally don't celebrate Chanukah, I can't wait to get one and I think it's awesome that VMK is Representin'!

I have a question and maybe Disney Dreams or someone can answer this for me - What does the symbol on the side of the dreidel mean? I'm talking about the Hebrew (?) character on the sides. Does it mean "Happy Chanukah" or "Peace" or "Hallelujah" or "Adam Sandler" ( ) or something more like "Spin again"?

Just trying to enlighten myself... Thanks in advance.

 

[DaraAllen]

I think the dreidel chair is great, and even though I personally don't celebrate Chanukah, I can't wait to get one and I think it's awesome that VMK is Representin'!

I have a question and maybe Disney Dreams or someone can answer this for me - What does the symbol on the side of the dreidel mean? I'm talking about the Hebrew (?) character on the sides. Does it mean "Happy Chanukah" or "Peace" or "Hallelujah" or "Adam Sandler" ( ) or something more like "Spin again"?

Just trying to enlighten myself... Thanks in advance.

Goofy_Bob,

The four letters which appear on the four corners of a dreidel refer to the miracle of Hanukkah. They spell out: Nes (N-miracle), Gadol (G-great), Haya (H-happened) and Sham (S-there, meaning in Israel).

Edit: Sorry, just looked at the pictures further down. The symbol on the dreidel here is Hebrew word "HaKol," meaning"all". Its first letter is the letter Heh

 

[Laurabearz]

Goofy_Bob,

The four letters which appear on the four corners of a dreidel refer to the miracle of Hanukkah. They spell out: Nes (N-miracle), Gadol (G-great), Haya (H-happened) and Sham (S-there, meaning in Israel).

Edit: Sorry, just looked at the pictures further down. The symbol on the dreidel here is Hebrew word "HaKol," meaning"all". Its first letter is the letter Heh

Ok then since that chairs have the KaKol and a Mickey head... does that mean everything is Mickey?

 

[Disney Dreams]

Goofy_Bob,

The four letters which appear on the four corners of a dreidel refer to the miracle of Hanukkah. They spell out: Nes (N-miracle), Gadol (G-great), Haya (H-happened) and Sham (S-there, meaning in Israel).

Edit: Sorry, just looked at the pictures further down. The symbol on the dreidel here is Hebrew word "HaKol," meaning"all". Its first letter is the letter Heh

DaraAllen is right on with her reply.

In case anyone is interested, I just thought I would add a little to it.

The actual four Hebrew letters on the sides of a dreidel are Gimel, Hey (the one shown on the vmk dreidel), Nun, and Shin. They do indeed stand for the Hebrew words that DaraAllen stated above.

The letter shown is actually called hey.

When playing the game of dreidel, everyone starts with, for example, 10 pennies (or chocolate gold coins called gelt, or candies or....). Everyone place 1 piece in the center of the table. The first player spins the dreidel. Depending upon which side it lands on - different things happen.

Gimel - player takes everything in the middle and everyone puts 1 in again
Shin - play puts 2 in
Nun - nothing happens
Hey - take half (this is what is on our VMK dreidel)

Game play continues until either 1 player has all pieces, a pre-set time limit, or a pre-set amount of pieces is acquired by 1 player.

Oh, and one last tidbit that I happen to find very interesting: Dreidels made in Israel are extremely unique and coveted. There is no Shim on them. Rather there is the Hebrew letter Pe, with the resulting in the symbolism of the four sides becoming: Nes Gadol Haya Po or A great miracle happened here. Cool, huh?

End of dreidel lesson. Hope someone found it interesting....

 

[BusyBeaBee]

DaraAllen is right on with her reply.

In case anyone is interested, I just thought I would add a little to it.

The actual four Hebrew letters on the sides of a dreidel are Gimel, Hey (the one shown on the vmk dreidel), Nun, and Shin. They do indeed stand for the Hebrew words that DaraAllen stated above.

The letter shown is actually called hey.

When playing the game of dreidel, everyone starts with, for example, 10 pennies (or chocolate gold coins called gelt, or candies or....). Everyone place 1 piece in the center of the table. The first player spins the dreidel. Depending upon which side it lands on - different things happen.

Gimel - player takes everything in the middle and everyone puts 1 in again
Shin - play puts 2 in
Nun - nothing happens
Hey - take half (this is what is on our VMK dreidel)

Game play continues until either 1 player has all pieces, a pre-set time limit, or a pre-set amount of pieces is acquired by 1 player.

Oh, and one last tidbit that I happen to find very interesting: Dreidels made in Israel are extremely unique and coveted. There is no Shim on them. Rather there is the Hebrew letter Pe, with the resulting in the symbolism of the four sides becoming: Nes Gadol Haya Po or A great miracle happened here. Cool, huh?

End of dreidel lesson. Hope someone found it interesting....

Thank you
that was great!
I am glad you have the dreidel chair and other special items.

 

[Disney Dreams]

Thank you
that was great!
I am glad you have the dreidel chair and other special items.

Well... I dont have it, but vmk does. hopefully soon....

 

[pirateprincessKT]

Did anyone notice that the hey is upside down? And I'm not even going to discuss the non-kosherness of there being a mickey instead of one of the other letters...but I will say that I understand the hey is upside-down because the dreidel is upside-down...but in that case shouldn't hte mickey be upside-down too?? I like the chair, I just don't know why it isn't right-side up so that you could sit in it and spin around like a dreidel. I never could get the hang of spinning the dreidel so that it flipped over like the chair is.

 

[MicMin]

Congratulations on the win!

 

[BriarRosie]

Did anyone notice that the hey is upside down? And I'm not even going to discuss the non-kosherness of there being a mickey instead of one of the other letters...but I will say that I understand the hey is upside-down because the dreidel is upside-down...but in that case shouldn't hte mickey be upside-down too?? I like the chair, I just don't know why it isn't right-side up so that you could sit in it and spin around like a dreidel. I never could get the hang of spinning the dreidel so that it flipped over like the chair is.

Yes, I noticed when I saw it for the first time. I only told Phinny that
according to the symbol on the chair, she'd only need to give half her
stuff over.

The way I see it, the Hebrew letter is the right direction, and the Mickey
icon isn't. The seat is actually upside down resting on the spinner, so it
makes sense.

Now I really need to look for my Mickey dreidel and menorah soon...

 

[PirateBell]

DaraAllen is right on with her reply.

In case anyone is interested, I just thought I would add a little to it.

The actual four Hebrew letters on the sides of a dreidel are Gimel, Hey (the one shown on the vmk dreidel), Nun, and Shin. They do indeed stand for the Hebrew words that DaraAllen stated above.

The letter shown is actually called hey.

When playing the game of dreidel, everyone starts with, for example, 10 pennies (or chocolate gold coins called gelt, or candies or....). Everyone place 1 piece in the center of the table. The first player spins the dreidel. Depending upon which side it lands on - different things happen.

Gimel - player takes everything in the middle and everyone puts 1 in again
Shin - play puts 2 in
Nun - nothing happens
Hey - take half (this is what is on our VMK dreidel)

Game play continues until either 1 player has all pieces, a pre-set time limit, or a pre-set amount of pieces is acquired by 1 player.

Oh, and one last tidbit that I happen to find very interesting: Dreidels made in Israel are extremely unique and coveted. There is no Shim on them. Rather there is the Hebrew letter Pe, with the resulting in the symbolism of the four sides becoming: Nes Gadol Haya Po or A great miracle happened here. Cool, huh?

End of dreidel lesson. Hope someone found it interesting....

Wow...that is Pretty Cool Disney Dream! Thanks for sharing with us! It great to how other celebrate their holidays! It was nice and of vmk to include these items this year ...so we all can talk about it! Yes..cool!

 

[AmberDaze]

I like the chair, I just don't know why it isn't right-side up so that you could sit in it and spin around like a dreidel.

Oooooooh! I would LOVE to have the chair turned upside down so we can sit and spin!!

 

[qruthie]

Oooooooh! I would LOVE to have the chair turned upside down so we can sit and spin!!

But wouldn't the chair be very uncomfortable to sit on if the post was in the other direction? At least you wouldn't fall off while it was spinning though.

 

[AmberDaze]

But wouldn't the chair be very uncomfortable to sit on if the post was in the other direction? At least you wouldn't fall off while it was spinning though.

Silly Roof.he ...

 

[Goofy_Bob]

DaraAllen is right on with her reply .... End of dreidel lesson. Hope someone found it interesting....

Thanks Dara and Dreams! I found both of your posts interesting and informative! Just what I was expecting/hoping for.

Ok then since that chairs have the KaKol and a Mickey head... does that mean everything is Mickey?

Everything is Mickey? Yes, isn't it?