Treats
History
Light the Candles
I Had a Little Dreidel
Hebrew
100
Fried potato pancakes eaten with applesauce and/or sour cream
What are Latkes?
100
This Jewish man and his sons refused to worship Greek gods.
Who is Mattathias or מַתִיתְיָהוּ?
100
This holds nine candles, one for each night of Chanukah, plus the shamash - שַמָֹש, to light the other ones
What is a chanukkiah - חֲנֻכִּיָה?
100
The letters on a dreidel stand for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham - נֵס גַדוֹל הָיָה שָם which means this, in English
What is "A Great Miracle Happened There"?
100
You might say this blessing/bracha the first time you do something like light Hanukkah candles on the first night, see a rainbow, or get a new pet.
What is the "Shehekheyanu"?
200
Children and parents, alike, love these chocolate treats. They can be won or lost during a game of dreidel. Also a Chanukah gift made out of metals, this is a Yiddish word.
What is gelt?
200
The king of the Syrian Greeks who forbade the Jewish people from practicing their religion
Who is Antiochus?
200
The first candle is placed on which side of the chanukkiah
What is the far right?
200
A dreidel is called this, in Hebrew
What is s'vee-vone - סְבִיבוׄן
200
It means "miracle" in Hebrew
What is נֵס (nes)?
300
Some of us like these delicious Israeli jelly donuts filled with dulce de leche, instead.
Wjat are sufganiyot?
300
Judah and his soldiers found these in the Holy Temple
What are idols?
300
The candle that lights all the other candles
What is the shamash - שַמָֹש
300
What dreidel and s'vivon are, in English
What is a top?
300
The word for "bless"
What is "barukh" - ְבָּרוּֿך ?
400
Potato pancakes, in Hebrew
What are l'vivot or לְבִיבוֹת?
400
The Hebrew month when Chanukah begins
What is Kislev?
400
The candles are lit in this direction by the shamash - שַמָֹש
What is from left to right?
400
The difference between a dreidel in Israel and a dreidel in America
What is: there is a pay (for "here") - פּ instead of a shin - ש (for "there")?
400
What we call G0d when we recite a blessing
What is "Adonai" - אַדוֹנַי ?
500
Why we cook latkes and sufganiyot in oil
What is "to remember the miracle"
500
Judah Maccabee, who led the army of Jews against the Syrian Greeks, chose a last name that is an acronym for what?
What is "Mi Chamocha Ba'aileem Adonai?"
מִי כָמֹכָה בַּאֵלִים יהוה?
(who is like you from all the other gods?) = MaCaBee
500
True or False: On Friday night, we light the Chanukah candles after the Shabbat candles
What is False; we light them before we light the Shabbat candles
500
The language that the value of each Hebrew letter on the dreidel is based on
What is Yiddish?
Nun = nisht ("nothing")
Gimel = gants ("all")
Hay = halb ("half") and
Shin = shtel arayn ("put in")
500
Chanukah means this, in English
What is "dedication"?
(also means "education")