All About the 
		Dreidel (Sevivon) 
					By: Rivka C. Berman, Contributor 
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Aside from ripping open presents, what to do while the chanukiyah candles are
        burning?  Play dreidel, of
        course.  Chaunkah is the
        only Jewish holiday that comes with an officially sponsored game. 
           
         
		The stocky little
        spinning top has whirled its beguiling spirals throughout the centuries. 
        It has become a symbol of the Jewish hope that the Maccabee
        victory will be revisited with good triumphant over evil once
        more.   
         
		In Hebrew, the
        Dreidel is called Sevivon (Se-vi-vohn)   
         
		More about the
        Dreidel. 
		
             
            
  
	 Mazor Guide for Chanukah brings you much more about the holiday, its 
		meaning and its traditions... See the links below. 
	
	
 
  
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