History
The Jewish revolt against the Seleucids was led by this group.
Who are the Maccabees?
The Menorah is lit for this many nights.
What is Eight?
The earliest written account of the Chanukkah story is found in this book.
What is 1 Maccabees?
The potato pancakes eaten during Chanukkah.
What are latkes?
The dreidel has this many sides.
What is four?
The father of the Maccabees, who began the revolt.
Who is Mattathias?
The ninth candle is used to light the others.
What is the Shamash?
The second book that tells the Chanukkah story.
What is 2 Maccabees?
Fried treats that are often filled with jelly or custard.
What are Sufganiyot?
The Hebrew letter "Nun" on the dreidel means this.
What is none/nothing?
The recolt began in this Judean town.
What is Modi'in?
The Chanukkiah differs from the temple menorah because it has this many branches.
What is nine (instead of seven)?
The Hebrew word "Chanukkah" means this.
What is "Detication"?
These sweet treats, often given to children, symbolize prosperity and are sometimes used in dreidel games.
What is gelt?
The dreidel game was originally used to disguise this activity.
What is studying Torah?
The dynasty established after the Maccabean victory.
What is the Hasmonean dynasty?
The menorah should ideally be placed at this height above the ground to fulfill the mitzvah properly.
What is between 3 and 10 handbreadths (12-40 in.)?
The miracle of oil is first recorded in this rabbinic text.
What is the Talmud (Shabbat 21b)?
In Sephardic tradition, fritters called this are eaten.
What are bimuelos?
The Hebrew letters on the dreidel stand for this phrase.
What is "A great miracle happened there"?
The Seleucid king who tried to outlaw Jewish practices.
Who is Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
The Talmud describes three levels of observance for lighting Chanukkah candles. Name them.
What are basic (one candle per household each night), mehadrin (one candle per person each night), and mehadrin min hamehadrin (adding one candle each night until eight)?
The Hebrew root of "Chanukkah" is shared with this word, meaning "Education."
What is Chinuch?
In Italian Jewish tradition, this fried vegetable dish is eaten during Chanukkah.
What are fried artichokes (carciofi fritti)?
The game played in medieval Times, Jews in Europe played a similar spinning top game during winter festivals.
What is Teetotum?