There's this moment when you realize something you've known to be a certain way... is actually not the case.
And once you learn the way it really is? Everything clicks into place.
That's what this week's video is about.
What I'm teaching you in this Part 1 about Hanukkah might surprise you.
Part 2 drops next week with dreidels, the menorah, foods, and traditions.
Now here's what I want from you:
After you watch, tell me in the comment section on YouTube: What was new to you?
Because here's what I've learned about culture and language:
Sometimes we think we know something. We've heard it a thousand times. We're confident.
And then we learn how or why it actually is - and everything shifts.
Those moments? They're the breakthrough moments.
Living in America as an Israeli, I experience this all the time in reverse. Things I thought I knew. Words I was sure I understood. Cultural things that completely caught me off guard.
And honestly? It's humbling.
Because as someone who really doesn't like feeling clueless (biggest understatement ever) - those moments remind me WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING.
But that's also what makes it beautiful.
Because once you know what you didn't - you level up.
You connect deeper.
You understand the culture, not just the surface.
That's what this video does for Hanukkah.
Watch it. Learn the Israeli way. And tell me in the comments what you didn't know before.
Inbal Amit
Hebrew by Inbal
P.S. Want to see in action what I mean when I say how humbled I am on a daily basis? [Click here to watch →]