Chanukah Food
What is the name of the money or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah?
Gelt
For how many days do we celebrate Chanukah?
8
It is the city where the Temple stood.
Jerusalem
It is mainly known by its Yiddish name, "dreidel," but in Hebrew it is called this, meaning "a spinner"
S'vivon
The number of blessings on the first night of Chanukah
3
People eat these with either apple sauce or sour cream.
Latkes
By placing our menorah by a window we do this mitzvah...It is a Chanukah shout-out
To publicize or announce the miracle of Chanukah .
In what year did the historical event of Chanukah take place?
165 B.C.E
These are the four letters we find on the dreidel.
It is the fall holiday that lasts for 8 Days, too. Think Jewish Thanksgiving.
Sukkot
Instead of oil, many people use ________ to light the Menorah ?
Candles
In addition to making a mess of the Temple, the Syrian Greeks also outlawed this weekly Jewish holiday
Shabbat
Resistance against the Greeks who outlawed Jewish culture was led by this family who came to be known by this tough name. It means hammer.
The Macabees
Even candles can use a helping hand. It is the name of the candle that lights the others.
Shamash
It is a fun music group that bases its name on the Maccabees.
Maccabeats
What is the name for the jelly donuts that we eat during Chanukah ?
Sufganiyot
It is the feeling many people have about being Jewish when we remember how the Maccabees stood up for themselves against the Greeks.
Pride
You could say that the Maccabees were "anti" this Greek king whose name starts with the same sound.
Antiochus
How many candles are used throughout Chanukah?
44
While Chanukah can occur in both November and December, it always falls in this Hebrew month.
Kisleiv
How many sufganiyot (on average) are eaten in Israel during Chanukah
17.5 million
What do the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel mean in English?
A great miracle happened there
It is the Chanukah celebration that NAWDTY put on for years at Temple Beth David for the younger kids. After Covid it will be back.
Chanukah Happening
Even though we read Hebrew right to left, this is the direction we light the Chanukah candles.
Left to right
Chanukah is not the original gift giving holiday in the Jewish tradition. This holiday is...
Purim