What is a dreidel and when is it played with?
If there no tokens in the pot, the person who got all of it the last round puts one in. If a player runs out of tokens, he either leaves the game or takes a loan of tokens from another player. A fun variation is to use chocolate instead of coins, so you can eat your winnings when the game ends. In Israel, the letter shin is usually replaced with the letter peh for the word “poh” to create the phrase “a great miracle happened here.” In another version of the game, you may match the pot when Shin appears, and put one in when Nun appears. In Yiddish, the dreidel is also called “fargle” and “varfl.” In Israel, the Hebrew term “sevivon” (from the root meaning “turn around or spin”) is used. Also, many people play this game by when one of the players land on nun, they would lose and be out of the game. Sources: http://www.wikihow.
