ext_161391 ([identity profile] 6-bleen-7.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] gwynhefar 2009-12-03 03:25 pm (UTC)

I looked it up just now—"Nes Gayol Haya Sham" means "A great miracle happened there", which is the standard explanation for the letters on the dreidel. (In Israel, the shin is usually replaced with pe, changing the meaning to "A great miracle happened here.")
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