General Questions
Chanukah begins on the 25th day of this Hebrew month
Kislev
Many Jews named their children after this Greek conqueror and king, who bowed before the Kohen Gadol when he first came to conquer Jerusalem
Alexander the Great
The Hebrew word for dreidel
Sivivon
During the story of Chanukah, the length of time that the oil in the menorah burned
8 days
On the fourth night, you would light this many candles
5
The word Maccabee is an acronym for the following words which became the slogan of the Maccabees
Mi Kamocha ba-eilim Hashem
The name of the Greek ruler who oppressed the Jews in the Chanukah story
Antiochus
The letters on the dreidel and what each indicates you do
Nun- take nothing
Gimmel-take everything
Hey-take half
Shin-put one in
The English definition of the word “Maccabee”, the nickname given to the Chashmonaim
Hammer
The name of the “helper” candle used to light the other candles
Shamash
The number of nights Chanukah is celebrated in Israel
8
Yehuda Hamaccabee's father was this man
Matityahu
The words the letters on the dreidel really stand for
Neis gadol haya sham
The name given to the Jews who wanted to adopt the Greek way of life
Hellenists/mityavnim
The difference between the Menorah in the Beit Hamikdash and a chanukiah
7 candles in the Menorah and 9 in a chanukiah
We light the Chanukia on Friday night before this
Before lighting the shabbos candles
The name of the translation of Torah into Greek
Septuagint
The one different letter that a dreidel in Israel has and what it stands for
Pay- po (instead of a shin)
The Maccabees fought the Greeks for this reason
To be able to keep the Torah and Mitzvot, which the Greeks didn’t allow
The direction in which we light the candles
Left to right, always the newest one first
We light the chanukia on motzei Shabbat after this
Havdala
The name of the town where the Chashmonaim came from
Modiin
The reason we play the game of dreidel on Chanukah
When the Greek patrols would come, the Jews would pretend they were playing dreidel and spinning tops instead of learning Torah
Number of sons that Matityahu had and their names
5- Yehuda, Shimon, Yochanan, Eleazar and Yonatan
The Hebrew words for why we light the Chanukia outside or in front of a window
Pirsum Haness