A closer look at two new melodies for the same Chanukah lyrics

The important phrase of the Chanukah season is “neis gadol haya sham”, translation:
“A great miracle happened there, in those olden days in this season” referencing the miracle of the candles that lasted for 8 days instead of only 1.
I have set these lyrics in two completely different ways. My 1990 arrangement uses only this phrase as the lyrics whereas my newest arrangement, this year, 2022, is based on the first Hebrew letters of each of these words: “nun gimel heh and shin” the letters that appear on the child’s spinning top “Dreydl” as part of the traditional children’s game for Chanukah. (FYI, here are the rules as explained by Scholastic magazine; https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/alycia-zimmerman/migrated-files/how_to_play_dreidel_game_directions.pdf) In my current arrangement there is much interplay between the choral sections, imitating the “spinning” of the dreydl. The key lyric “Neis gadol haya sham” also occurs. Please visit the Chanukah section of my website to listen to and hopefully enjoy both renditions. There are very few Hebrew words, there is a pronunciation guide and Hebrew is an easy language to pronounce. You are of course invited to peruse all the other arrangements available.