Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
Nesgadol, haya sham
English translation:
A Great Miracle Happened There
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Penina Wolicki
Nov 1, 2002 04:14
21 yrs ago
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Colleen Perrine
Nesgadol, haya sham
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Nesgadol, haya sham
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A Great Miracle Happened There
The first letters of these four words: NGHS are the letters appearing on the sides of the dreidle/sevivon - spinning top that is used on Hannuka. This context of the phrase is the issue of the great miracle that occured in the Temple at the time of Hannuka. In Israel, the words are Nes Gadol Haya Po (NGHP), or a great miracle happened here
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