Adam and Joshua Bernstein Play with Dreidels during a Hanukkah Celebration, Mandeville, Louisiana, December 5, 1988

Spinning the dreidel, a four-sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side, is a traditional Hanukkah children's game. Players place a token into a pot. How the dreidel lands determines what players do: 'nun': you do nothing; 'gimel': you get it all; 'hay': you get half the pot; 'shin': you put another token into the pot.