Chanukah Food
This is the name of the "money" or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah.
chocolate GELT
The war against the Greeks.
What does Chanukah mean in English?
Dedication/rededication
What do the Hebrew letters on the diasporan dreidel mean?
A great miracle happened there.
How many blessings are recited on the first night?
3
The name of the potato pancakes that we eat during Chanukah are called this.
LATKES
Why do we place the chanukiyah in the window?
To publicize the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days.
What is the hebrew word for jelly donut?
Sufganiyot
What is name of candle used to light all the other candles?
Shamash
What is difference between menorah and chanukiyah?
Menorah has 6 +1 brances and Chanukiyah has 8 + 1 branches.
Which one is more common to eat in the United States? Latkes or jelly donuts?
LATKES
Who was the King who wanted to force the Jews to stop being Jewish?
King Antiochus
What does Maccabee translate to in English?
Hammer
What side of the chanukiyah do you place the first candle that is lit on the first night?
All the way to the right.
What city did Judah the Maccabee live in?
Modi'in
This is how we say latkes (potato pancakes) in Hebrew.
What are levivot?
This Maccabee led his 4 brothers and others in a war against the Greeks.
Who was Judah?
What is hebrew word for dreidel?
Sevivon
How many candles are used throughout Chanukah?
44
Approximately what year was the first Chanukah?
165 B.C.E.
this is the reason we eat latkes on Chanukah
Because they are fried in oil and that reminds us of the miracle of oil.
What did the Greeks do to the Jews that made the Maccabees want to revolt?
They tried to make the Jews stop following the Torah and Jewish laws, and they brought pigs and idols into the Temple.
These are the four letters on the diasporan dreidel?
Shin, Hey, Gimmel and nun.
What is different about a the Israeli dreidel?
Instead of a "shin" there is a "pay" to represent the word "po" which means "here". These letters translate to: "A great miracle happened here."
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