Hanukkah History
These people were responsible for try to destroy the Jewish religion in the Hanukkah story
Who are the Greeks or Seleucids
What are the letters on the dreidel
what are nun, gimel, heh, shin
The place one can put the menorah after lighting it
What is one's window
Name of the special fried doughnuts eaten during Hanukkah
What are sufganiyot
What is "Dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay and when it's dry and ready, oh dreidel I will play"
Name of the king who made laws against keeping the mitzvot
Who was Antiochus
The Hebrew phrase that the four letters on the dreidel stand for. Bonus pts. for Hebrew
Nes gadol haya sham, A great miracle happened there.
Another name for the Hanukkah menorah
What is Hanukiah
We eat fried foods to remember this miracle
This person wrote one of the most famous contemporary Hanukkah songs
Who is Adam Sandler
The year of the Maccabean revolt
When was 165 BCE
The Hebrew letters on an Israeli dreidel and the phrase they stand for.
What are nun, gadol, heh, and peh. A great miracle happened here.
Traditionally the candles are inserted in this direction and then lit in this direction.
What is right to left and left to right.
This is the meaning of the word "gelt"
What is money
This blessing is only said on the first evening of Hanukkah
What is the Shechanyanu
This is a game played when the scholars who were studying Torah saw the king coming.
What is dreidel?
The Hebrew word for dreidel
What is sivivon
The total number of candles needed to celebrate Hanukkah
What is 44
What are sour cream and applesauce
The number of blessings said on the first night of Hanukkah
What is three
The holiday historically associated with Hanukkah
What is Sukkot?
The language the word dreidel is from
What is Yiddish?
On Friday night during Hanukkah, these candles are lit first
What are the Hanukkah candles
The Hebrew word for latkes
What is livivot
Ocho Kandelikas is a song written in this language