the players start out with 10 or 15 tokens. each player puts one token in the pot. the dreidel has four sides. נ (nun), ג (gimel), ה (hei), and ש (shin). nun means that the player does nothing. gimel means that the player gets all the tokens from the pot. hei means that the player gets half of the tokens from the pot. and shin means that the player has to put one token in the pot.