phrase ?? ???? ??? ?? ?? (nes gadól hayáh sham poh, "a great miracle happened here and there" or "a great miracle happened everywhere"). Twenty-sided dreidels are unique as they are not spinning tops but twenty-sided dice instead.

While not mandated (a mitzvah) for Hanukkah (the only traditional mitzvot are lighting candles and saying the full hallel), spinning the dreidel is a traditional game played during the holiday.

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