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A dreidal is a little toy top that is spun in a game played on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. It has four sides, each with a letter imprinted on it, symbolizing a word from the following statement (translated into English from the Hebrew):
"A big miracle happened there," (when outside of Israel). "A big miracle happened here," (when inside of Israel).
To play, you need the dreidal and some kind of pieces for counting - straws, pennies, nuts, etc. The top is spun and each letter has a value, based on which you either give your straws or take. It's a tradition for kids to play on Hanukkah and get 'gelt' (small money or a prize) after winning.
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Why do people play with a dreidl on Hanukkah?
Dreidl means "top" (the kind that spins) in yiddish. The game was devised to teach children about the story of Hannukah. The four Hebrew letters ('nun' 'gimmel' 'hey' and 'shin') on each side of the top are an acrostic for the phrase "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham" - meaning "A great miracle happened there". In Israel, the last letter is 'pey' for "Po" - "here" - because the Hannuka story took place in Israel.
What did medieval people use to solder?
MEDIEVAL people soldered with what looks like dreidal that was cast from the same metal (i.e. copper smiths had copper ones) and they generally had an iron bar comming out the flat part, they would be heated to melting temp and then applied to the seams. and these were common and had to be re dressed into a new point quite often. blacksmiths generally never had them because of ferrous work, but copper tin gold and silver smiths all had them in their shops. the gold and silver smiths often re dressed them and cast them themselves. just because of the danger of sending out for a new shipment and having it stolen. these soldering rods were usually dressed by a medival grinding wheel. if your thinking of pre-medieval times before 410 ad( the fall of rome and what was considered the beggining of the dark or medieval ages) soldering was, as far as i know, done with a crucible that had molten metal in it and poured on the 2 items. if your talking about ferrous work (stuff that contained iron) they did whats called forge welding, which was where they heated up the metal in the forge to a little over yellow hot, cleaned the scale and then applied a medieval flux of somesort, then they were re heated to the point of almost melting, and then they took it to the anvil and beat it together. hope it helps- ramsies11
