Customs
why do Jews eat foods that are fried in oil on chanukah?
To commemorate the miracle of the oil.
is chanukah a rabbinic holiday or halachic?
Rabbinic.
Who is the head maccabe?
Yehudah or matityahu
Although It's tempting to intimidate other religions and cultures and hide our Jewishness, what as a Jew is the most important thing to do at this time?
Stay proud and show your Jewish identity
What is the translation to the words- כי תניה ההיא? לותיקין.
Where was that braysa taught? To the vatikin people
What does the game of dreidel commemorate?
The Jews who had to hide their Torah learning and when the guards came, and pretended to play a game instead of learning.
What other holiday is rabbinic besides for chanukah?
Purim.
What did the Greeks ban from the Jews?
Shabbat, holidays, Torah reading, Torah study, and more......
Many groups/governments tried to make us abandoned our juduasm yet we fight back. Who in this story is a government trying to take our juduasm away from us. (their Hebrew and english name)
E: Greeks
H: Yevanim
What is 77 * 33
2541
Who do we follow to show us the right way to light the chanukiah?
Beit Hillel
Where do we place our chanukiah to show other people and advertise our Judaism and halacha?
The window or near a window.
what 2 names were the group of people who started the revolution against the Greeks called?
The maccabees, and the chashmonaim.
In what time period does the story of hannukah take place
The time of the 2nd Beit hamikdash
What two fasts do we fast for a whole 25 hours?
Tishabav and Yom Kippur.
Why is eating dairy on Chanukah a custom?
Because we were saved through dairy from the story of Chanukah by the story of yehudit and so we commemorate it.
What bracha do we say on the first night of chanukah when lighting candles that we don't on the second?
shehecheyanu.
Who are all of matityahu’s sons? (name them)
Judah (Maccabeus), Simon (Thassi), John (Gaddi), Eleazar (Avaran), and Jonathan (Apphus)
How many candles are lit on chanukiah in total
44
How many children did Haman have?
10
Why do we give gifts on hanukkah, is it a Jewish custom?
No, it is not a Jewish custom, it was copied from other holidays that were non-jewish and passed through hanukkah.
Chanukah and Purim represent the 2 main types of enemies that we encounter in exile. what are these two enemies?
what are the Jews who followed the Greeks after they arrived called?
The mativvnim.
What is actually forbidden on Chanukah?
Fasting and mourning.
Name all of the planets in order starting from the closest one from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.