story
what was the full name for the king in the time of chanukah?
Antiochus IV Epiphanes ( Epimanes )
who died 1st yehudah or matisyahu?
josefus says matisyahu megilas antiachus says yehudah
what is the minimum and maximum height a menorah can be?
3 tefachim - 20 amos
which day was the alter rebbe freed on chanukah?
3 / 5
Which day of the week can chanukkah NOT begin on?
tuesday
who was the cohen gadol at the time of beginning of the Chanukah story?
Jason (Yehoshua)
[Meneloas or Yochanan cohen gadol also acceptable]
what is the book we generally use for the version of the Chanukah story we use?
Josephus or Megilas Antiochus
what foods does shulchan aruch say you should eat on Chanukah?
cheese
what did the rebbe rashab do on chanukah (not related to lighting the menorah) that is said in hayom yom?
gave gelt on the 4th or 5th
what is the famous question of the bais yosef on chanukah?
why do we celebrate 8 the 1 day wasn't a miracle
what year was the bais hamikdash rededicated?
3622
what were the group of Jews who joined the revolt in the beginning called?
the chasidim
when is it asur to light a menorah with a bracha in your house?
when everyone is sleeping.
which rebbe had a bris on chanukah (bonus: 100 which day was it ?)
the rebbe rashab and the 2nd day
how was the menorah made after they reconquered yerushalyim?
from metal sticks in the ground
who were the the 4 generals?
1 Apollonius 2 Seron 3 gorgias 4 Lysias
how did the Battle of Emmaus/mitzpah go?
when the general went to mitzpah to fight the Maccabees yehudah went around them and destroyed their camp in Emmaus
when rosh chodesh is on shabbos chanukah how is the haftorah said?
we say haftorah runi vsimchi of chanukah (fisrt haftorah of chanukah), then the first and last pesukim of rosh chodesh's haftorah, then the first, second to last, last then again second to last posuk of machar chodesh haftorah.
when did Chanukah mivtzoyim start?
תשל"ד
who expelled the Jews from parts of the United States, on the first day of chanukah?
Ulysses s. grant during the civil war when he was a general.
In which order did the children of matisyahu get killed?
bonus: 100 for how they were killed (wrong answer - 100)
1 elazar killed while stabbing on elephant 2 yehudah when the greeks came to recapture yerushalayim after the rededication 3 yochanan ran after the battle to get help from the Nabataeans but they killed him 4 yonasan how took over as leader retook yersalayim when they offered peace he was tricked and killed 5 shimon took over but was killed by his son in law Ptolemy
name all the leaders from the chashmonaim. (each one in correct order worth 50, incorrect name/order -50)
1.yehudah 2.yonasan 3.shimon 4.yochanan Hyrcanus 5.yehudah Aristobulus I 6.alexsander yanai 7.sholomtzion 8. aristublus II. 9. hyrcanus 10. matisyahu antignos.
what is the 1st halachic source for dreidel?
the bnai yissaschar
what years did the rebbe give out chanukah gelt to the bachurim?
תשי"ב-תש"כ
תלמידי ראשון לציון תשכ"א
the yidden in bavel were also under the Seleucid empire. Did the yidden in bavel have the gezeiros shmad of chanukah if yes when did that end (they unlike eretz yisrael did not get independence) if not why not?
they did not
in eretz yisrael the gezeiros started at the behst of the misyavnim not originaly from the king. In bavel most probably due to the strength of the reish galusa the frum yidden had full control. (as well as there not having a beis hamikdash to corruptly take over.)