The Greeks
The Greeks of Chanukah weren’t very Greek- they actually came from this country.
What is Syria?
The Chashmonaim called this village home, now a rapidly growing Israeli city
What is Modiin?
The menorah cannot be higher from the ground than this.
What is 20 cubits?
Left to right
What is ‘how to light the menorah’?
It comes from the Ukrainian word ‘oladka’
What is a latke?
The Antiochus of Chanukah came with these Roman numerals attached.
What is IV?
The Chashmonaim were wiped out as punishment for taking this
The kingship
You can light until these are gone, unless someone’s up in your house.
What are passers-by?
You can’t arrange the Chanukah lights like this, because then it will resemble a torch
What is a circle?
When the calendar turns to Kislev ‘it’s time to make’ these artery cloggers
What are sufganiyot?
He lost his head over Yehudis
Who is Eliporni/Holofernes?
The first three letters of Chashmonaim stand for these three mitzvos that were outlawed by the Greeks.
What are chodesh, Shabbos, and mila?
The earliest one can light Chanukah lights.
What is Plag Hamincha?
The minimum requirement for lighting Chanukah lights
What is one light per household?
‘Loft’s’ was the first company to ‘coin’ these
What is chocolate gelt?
Antiochus called himself Epiphanus (Divine), but behind his back, his soldiers called him Epimanus, which means this.
What is Crazy?
The only Maccabee to survive the war
Who is Shimon?
When one is traveling, this method of getting in on the action is often preferable to bringing along one’s own menorah.
What is ’purchasing a share of the homeowner’s lights’?
8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, they say
Who is Beis Shammai?
They don’t work while the Chanukah lights are burning, and I want latkes already!
Who are women?
This Greek general shares a name with a Temple gate
Who is Nikanor?
The pasuk that MaCaBeE stands for is found in this specific section of the Torah
What is Az Yashir?
He wrote a book with 100 answers to the question of why Chanukah is 8 days and not 7.
Who is R’ Yosef Karo?
So that if one reads near the Chanukah lights, the benefit will have been derived from something other than the candles.
Why do we have a shammos?
It’s what tells you to ‘shtel’ in Isra-el
What is the letter pey?