It is believed that the Jewish game of dreidel is a Judaicized version of the German gambling game. The Yiddish word dreidel derived from the German word drehen, which means “to spin.” The letters on the faces of the gambling toy, which were mnemonic for the rules of the game, varied in each nation.

Here’s what you need to know about dreidel, a popular spinning top game commonly played during Hanukkah. Regardless if you’re celebrating Hanukkah or not, it’s always fun to partake in a game of dreidel.

Players take turns spinning the dreidel; the player with the highest spin has first turn. (Nun is highest, then Gimmel, Hey, and Shin.) If there is a tie, the two who tied spin again….The game ends as soon as one of the following occurs:

1. The sun comes up.
2. All the latkes are gone.
3. The players decide they have had enough.

David married the widowed Bathsheba, but their first child died as punishment from God for David’s adultery and murder of Uriah.

According to two passages in the Bible, Daniel fasted twice. During the first fast, he ate only vegetables and water to set himself apart for God. For a second fast mentioned in a later chapter, Daniel stopped eating meat, wine and other rich foods.

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Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: `I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms.

David, the great king of Israel, wrote, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands” (Psalms 19:1). God also has revealed himself to us through his word, the Bible. The third way God revealed himself to us was by taking upon himself a human form and becoming a man.