Most people know the dreidel as a cute Hanukkah game. But the Israeli dreidel actually tells the real geographic story of Hanukkah. Around the world, dreidels say “a great miracle happened there.” In Israel, one letter changes—and so does the whole meaning. Here, it reads: “a great miracle happened here.” Because Hanukkah isn’t just a universal symbol of Jewish resilience. It’s a story rooted in the land where it actually happened—in Judea, where the Maccabees fought for Jewish freedom and sover