Talk:Dreidel

message: In Portugal, in the first half of the 20th century (that I know) it was a popular children's game, called rapa (shave), tira (take), põe (put) e deixa (leave [alone]). the Portuguese Jews were driven out of the country in the 16th century. Even if the game was originally Jewish, it got adopted by other cultures which may keep no memory of the origins.188.37.65.167 (talk) 21:20, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: It is not exclusively Jewish, at least nowadays

message: The "braille dreidel" should be deleted or made a seperate article. It is an interesting  tangent but it does not deserve that much article space relative to the major content. Lophoole 23:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Why is the main image for this article a Braille dreidel?  I mean, it's an interesting picture, and could still be used on the page, lower down maybe.  But I'd think for the main picture on the article, a standard traditional dreidel would be more appropriate. --Lurlock 21:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think so, too. Well Drawn  Charlie 10:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I just put a comment on here about vandalism and as I was doing so Ukt-zero took it (the vandalism, not my comment) out :) - my original comment is now irrelevant so I've taken it out. I was wondering though if we should ask for this page to be semi-protected?  Looking at the history there seems to be a lot of vandalism.  Any thoughts?  Groovycathers 22:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I think definately. Well Drawn  Charlie 10:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Worth getting this page semi-protected?

message: The heading : The More Well Known Lyrics should be changed as the lyrics that follow are from an entirelly a different song. Perhaps: Lyrics to Another Popular Hanukkah Song: Dreidel,Dreidel, Dreidel.
--Mrlizardy 15:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Heading? 

message: I think removing this section was a mistake. I know there's an army of editors out there declaring war on trivia, but I believe showing that the dreidel exists in popular culture at all is significant. And I can't think of a better place for this kind of information. From the wikipedia style guide on trivia: "Such sections should not be categorically removed". But that's exactly what happened.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.224.55.174 (talk) 06:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  in popular culture 

message: Something must be said about the origins of the Dreidel, after all it did come from somehwere!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.107.4.119 (talk) 09:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Evan1975 (talk) 21:13, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins 

message: Source
Just found this article which shows that this game is unfair. According to Robert Feinerman, “An Ancient Unfair Game,” American Mathematical Monthly 83:623-625 the further you are from the first player the lower your chances of winning are.
If someone is able to access the American Mathmatical Monthly  and edit this page accordingly I think this would be of benefit.95.145.16.69 (talk) 18:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proved to be an unfair game 

message: I live in Israel and we always had different rules, depending which magazine you read or what your parents feel like having you do.
Another dreidel game involves spinning it and singing the dreidel song ("Sevivon, sov sov sov, Hannukah hu chag tov...") trying to finish the song before it falls on its side.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.14.108 (talk) 00:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are these the "official" rules? 

message: Is the dreidel strictly an Ashkenazi cultural item? Is it present in other Jewish cultures? Komitsuki (talk) 15:50, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  A question 

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message: Regarding the second paragraph, are the order of the letters and the acronyms out of order?  The letters Shin (there) and Po (here) appear at the front of the acronym but are listed last.  Perhaps it is as a result of how the phrase is translated.  SquashEngineer (talk) 14:01, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dreidel 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article describes only what happens in each round. But when does the game end?  When all players except one have no pieces left?
--Austrian (talk) 12:15, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete rules 

message: The article says that "In Israel, the fourth side of most dreidels is inscribed with the letter פ‬ (Pei) instead [of shin] [...] Some stores in Haredi neighborhoods sell the ש (shin)‬ dreidels."   I am not sure if there is something one should read something between these lines, such as "Haredi Jews do not believe that a miracle happened *here*, only *there*", or perhaps "Haredi Jews have a different interpretation of these letters"
In any case, I think the sentence about Haredi stores is misleading. The picture in the article, taken in Mahane Yehuda Market show dreidels with a "shin", and I don't think this is a haredi neighborhood.
--Austrian (talk) 12:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  shin in Israel? 

message: The Dreidel is apparently not an Irish invention, here is a unique Dreidel specimen that has been dated by Professor Lambert to early – mid 2nd millennium BCE.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7n7k273kb9nfnuy/IMG_6048.jpg?dl=0
Mos225 (talk) 20:07, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Can you bring a source for this other than Dropbox? Ar2332 (talk) 10:22, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

text: I can upload these images to Wikimedia Commons for you, assuming there are non copyright issues involved (i.e. you own copyright to the images). Is this the case? If so, I can upload and I would credit you as author. Ar2332 (talk) 11:41, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

text: OK. I uploaded the first image here. I gave it the "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International" license which is the default for images uploaded to Wikimedia - please confirm that this license is OK. As for the second image, the Dropbox link no longer works. Ar2332 (talk) 18:12, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

text: OK. Second file is uploaded too Ar2332 (talk) 13:01, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I added the first image to the Dreidel article page Ar2332 (talk) 13:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

text: Should I try to upload the video? (No guarantees it will let me upload something that big, but I can try) Ar2332 (talk) 15:26, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

text: Video uploaded here. Ar2332 (talk) 14:42, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

text: I don't know how to put the two pictures on the same page, I don't think it's possible. However, in the "description" below the image, I added a link to the second image. Ar2332 (talk) 06:26, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

text: Uploaded here. Ar2332 (talk) 13:46, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancient Levantine Jasper Dreidel Incised from one to four with cuneiform numerals on all of its four side quadrants respectively 

message: Does the (rather poor) 3D rendering really add anything to this article? I suggest it be removed. 24.165.142.140 (talk) 03:40, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  3D model? 

message: User:Alexcweiner keeps adding to the Four-sided die die page that "In Jewish culture, a dreidel represents a four-sided die." I look here on the dreidel page, and I see no mention of it being a die or dice. This user also supplies no source to back up this claim. Is he correct? 207.229.139.154 (talk) 06:24, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is a Dreidel a 4-sided die?