The Grogger - Dreidel Showdown

The gemara (megillah 16a) says that Haman came to get Mordechai as he was teaching a class. After the shiur ended Haman asked the students what they had learned. They said they learned that during the time of the Bais Hamikdash a man would take a handful of fine flour to make an atonement. Haman responded that their fine flour displaced his 10,000 talents of silver (which is what he gave to Achashveirosh to destroy the Jews).
The Avnei Nezer asks: It sounds like Haman is saying that the Jews beat him. Haman was a pretty full of himself, so why would he want to give the Jews the impression that his plan failed??
Haman was also a really sneaky guy. He knew that the Jews have a tremendous power of prayer, and he was scared their prayers would ruin his evil scheme. Therefore, he wanted them to think that they won so they wouldn't pray with such devotion.
But as it turned out, it was his plan that was an epic fail!

Which brings us to the grogger - dreidel showdown.
Have you ever wondered why the handle of a dreidel is on top, while the handle of a grogger is on the bottom?? There's no such thing as coincidences in Judaism :)
Here is the amazing answer:
On Chanukah we had miracles such as the small group of Maccabeim overcoming the entire Greek army and a little jug of oil lasting for 7 days. These are what we call open miracles; it was completely clear that Hashem was involved. On Chanukah it was Hashem who took initiative and brought salvation from above, and therefore the handle of the dreidel faces upwards towards Hashem.
On Purim the miracles were very hidden. During the Purim story Hashem was working undercover, and therefore His name isn't mentioned at all in the megillah! (It isn't mentioned openly, but our rabbis say that every mention of "the king" in the megillah can be understood to refer to Hashem). On Purim our salvation came through our own initiative. When Haman tried to trick us to stop davening he didn't realize that we have a connection to prayer that is very deep and can never be taken away from us. Because we took the initiative to bring about our salvation, the handle of the grogger faces downwards towards us.

Happy happy Purim!!