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18 December 2016
Dreidel game kit
One 19th-century rabbi maintained that Jews played with the dreidel in
order to fool the Greeks if they were caught studying Torah, which had
been outlawed.
As a matter of fact, the dreidel game originally it has been played by various people in various languages for many centuries.
In England and Ireland there is a game called totum or teetotum that is especially popular at Christmastime. In English, this game is first mentioned as “totum” ca. 1500-1520. The name comes from the Latin “totum,” which means “all.” By 1720, the game was called T- totum or teetotum, and by 1801 the four letters already represented four words in English: T = Take all; H = Half; P = Put down; and N = Nothing.
Our Eastern European game of dreidel (including the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin) is directly based on the German equivalent of the totum game: N = Nichts = nothing; G = Ganz = all; H = Halb = half; and S = Stell ein = put in. In German, the spinning top was called a “torrel” or “trundl,” and in Yiddish it was called a “dreidel,” a “fargl,” a “varfl” [= something thrown], “shtel ein” [= put in], and “gor, gorin” [= all].
When Hebrew was revived as a spoken language, the dreidel was called, among other names, a sevivon, which is the one that caught on.
HOW TO PLAY DREIDEL ⤵
As a matter of fact, the dreidel game originally it has been played by various people in various languages for many centuries.
In England and Ireland there is a game called totum or teetotum that is especially popular at Christmastime. In English, this game is first mentioned as “totum” ca. 1500-1520. The name comes from the Latin “totum,” which means “all.” By 1720, the game was called T- totum or teetotum, and by 1801 the four letters already represented four words in English: T = Take all; H = Half; P = Put down; and N = Nothing.
Our Eastern European game of dreidel (including the letters nun, gimmel, hey, shin) is directly based on the German equivalent of the totum game: N = Nichts = nothing; G = Ganz = all; H = Halb = half; and S = Stell ein = put in. In German, the spinning top was called a “torrel” or “trundl,” and in Yiddish it was called a “dreidel,” a “fargl,” a “varfl” [= something thrown], “shtel ein” [= put in], and “gor, gorin” [= all].
When Hebrew was revived as a spoken language, the dreidel was called, among other names, a sevivon, which is the one that caught on.
20 April 2016
Passover Board Game
Celebrating Pesach...the game of the goose.
Print it and laminate.
Find this game and many others at:
Print it and laminate.
Find this game and many others at:
04 March 2014
Haman’s sons bowling game
Haman's sons
Let’s not forget about Haman evil sons, who joined in with enthusiasm in his wicked plot and were hanged as a result! This game is fun to make and play for any age boys or girls. It can also be used to reinforce kriyah skills as players could be challenged to say the names of the sons.
You need: plastic caps, polystyrene balls, pieces of fabrics, a ball, colored cardboard
1. Line up sons on mat.
2. Put a piece of making tape on the floor 3 or 4 feet back from mat to show show where the bowling line is.
3. Bowl from behind the line, and knock ‘em down!
inspired from:Walder Education Pavilion of Torah Umesorah
Created by Donna Zeffren and adapted by Shaindel Hinda Frank from an idea in Family Fun Magazine
Let’s not forget about Haman evil sons, who joined in with enthusiasm in his wicked plot and were hanged as a result! This game is fun to make and play for any age boys or girls. It can also be used to reinforce kriyah skills as players could be challenged to say the names of the sons.
You need: plastic caps, polystyrene balls, pieces of fabrics, a ball, colored cardboard
1. Line up sons on mat.
2. Put a piece of making tape on the floor 3 or 4 feet back from mat to show show where the bowling line is.
3. Bowl from behind the line, and knock ‘em down!
inspired from:Walder Education Pavilion of Torah Umesorah
Created by Donna Zeffren and adapted by Shaindel Hinda Frank from an idea in Family Fun Magazine
13 March 2013
18 February 2013
Purim "I spy" game
Turn the popular I SPY game into a funny opportunity to both learn about Purim!
Hidden Purim objects shapes appear and disappear as you move the hand inside the plastic trasparent box full of rice and once you find it it can be tracked on a checklist.
Hidden Purim objects shapes appear and disappear as you move the hand inside the plastic trasparent box full of rice and once you find it it can be tracked on a checklist.
the objects about Purim
a plastic trasparent box
The game
17 February 2013
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