Chanukah Facts
Facts & Halacha
Chanukah Story
The Menorah
Hebrew
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What season does Chanukah take place in?
Winter
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How many candles are on a מנורה (menorah)?
It holds 9 candles. One for each night of Chanukah and the שמש to light the other ones.
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What are 2 fried foods we eat on Chanukah?
Latkes and doughnuts!!
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What is a נס (nes)?
A miracle.
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What are some ways to say potato pancakes?
Any cultural responses are accepted.
For example: Latke, L'vivah...
200
How do you say dreidel in Hebrew?
Sivivon
סביבון
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What do we call "money" given to kids on Chanukah?
Gelt
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What are the 4 letters on a dreidel?
נ,ג,ה,ש
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What type of oil do we use to light the menorah?
Olive Oil
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What Hebrew month is Chanukah in?
(Kislev) כסלו
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Why do we eat fried foods?
To remind us of the miracle with oil
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From which side do we start lighting the מנורה (Menorah)?
From left to right
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What was the miracle of Chanukah?
The little amount of oil lasted for 8 days.
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Another way of saying מנורה is...
Chanukiah
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What does the Hebrew word שָׁמַש (Shamash) mean?
Helper
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Why do we light the מנורה by a window?
To show others that we are Jewish and to celebrate the miracle of the oil burning for 8 days
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What is the luckiest thing to roll on a dreidel?
ג
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Who is אנטיוכוס (Antiochus)?
The king that forbade the Jews from practicing their religion.
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What is the big machlokes of Hillel and Shamai regarding the Chanukah candles? And who do we go by nowadays?
According to Shammai, we start with eight candles, and count down. According to Hillel, we start with one and go up. Nowadays, we go according to Hillel
400
Who were the people the מכבים (Maccabim) fought?
(Greeks) יוונים
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What prayer do we only add the first night of Chanukah?
(Shecheheyanu) שהכינו
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These two Rabbis debated on how to light the Chanukah candles, by increasing the amount of candles from night to night or decreasing the amount of candles from night to night
Shammai and Hillel
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What do the 4 letters on a dreidel mean? (In Hebrew)
נס גדול היה שם
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What is the total number of candles lit during Chanukah?
44
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How many מכבים (Maccabim) were there?
10,000