“This dreidel does not work!” the father had cried. “What do you mean?” the shopkeeper asked. “How can a dreidel not work?” It was certainly the most beautiful spinning top the shopkeeper had ever seen, with magical letters on its sides. But it just would not spin for two children who insisted on owning it! Later, the shopkeeper decided to try it one last time: would it spin for another child, one who carried the true spirit of Hanukkah in his heart?
