Re: Dreydlekh Question

[Rita Klinger <rklinger...>]

This is similar to the way in which Hershel of Ostropol outsmarts one of 
the goblins in the story by Eric Kimmel _Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins_
The game according to Hershel:

Shin = you give me a handful of gold.
Hay  = you give me half your gold.
Gimel = you give me all your gold.
Nun = I don't give you anything.

Hag Sameach.

On 23 Dec 1995, Maxwell St wrote:

> Nun (from Hebrew "Nes") = You get nothing
> Gimmel ("Gadol") = you have to give me everything
> Hey ("Haya") = I get half 
> Shin ("Sham") = You don't get anything
> 
> Just joking!
> 
> 
> Lori Lippitz (MaxwellSt)
>