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[gwynraven]

Nes Gadol Haya Sham: Nun, the Snake: nuun, nothing. Naḥš, in modern Arabic, means bad luck. Represented by scents of loss and remembrance: opoponax and lemon verbena

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[6_bleen_7]

Those are the four letter on the dreidel, aren't they?

[gwynraven]

I believe so. I'm not really up on my Hebrew I'm afraid :)

[6_bleen_7]

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.")