Hanukkah History
The people that the Maccabees fought.
Who are the Greeks or Yevanim?
I want to be a _________ so brave, so strong, so bold!
What is a Maccabee?
The name of the "helper candle" on the Hanukkiah.
What is the Shamash?
2 ingredients used to make Latkas.
What are potatoes, oil, flour/matzoh meal, onions, salt, pepper, etc.
The twins that used to be in the current 7th grade class.
Who are Ella and Kenneth?
The wicked King in the Hanukkah story.
Who is Antiochus?
Name 3 things the dreidel is made of in the song "I Have a Little Dreidel."
What are clay, soap and bread?
The 4 letters on a dreidel in Israel.
What is Nun, Gimmel, Hey, Pey?
The most common filling for Sufganiyot.
What is jelly?
The name of the student that left after 6th grade.
Who is Carly Matasar?
This person got crushed by an elephant.
Who is Eleazar...one of the Maccabees?
Al Hanissim v'al________, v'al__________, v'al_________.
What is hapurkan, hagvurot, hatshuot?
The second best letter to land on when playing dreidel.
The most common color wrapper for dark chocolate/pareve gelt.
What is silver?
The total number of siblings that the 7th graders have.
What is 12?
Elliot Lappen, Dylan and Jayden Sussman, Nick, Anna and David Lintesky, Rebecca and Miriam Shapiro, Alexis and Aidan Gross, Ethan Smith, and Aleksey Abramov
The most recent year of "Thanksgivikkah?" (When Hanukkah fell on Thanksgiving.)
What is 2013?
The other two "topics" of the Lots of Latkas song.
What are Sevivon and Maccabees?
The direction that put the Hanukkah candles in, and the direction that you light the Hanukkah candles.
What is put them in right to left and light them left to right?
The actual Hebrew word for Latkas.
What is Levivot?
The names of the 7th graders' 3rd grade General Studies and Judaic Studies teachers.
Who are Miss Schechter and Oudi?
The number of reasons for Hanukkah lasting 8 days.
What are 4?
Oil lasted 8 days, 8 days old for a Brit Mila, 8 days to fulfill the Mitzvah of inauguration of Mishkan, Missed sacrifices for Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret, so they did those Korbanot that took 8 days.
The language of the Hanukkah song sung in The Diary of Anne Frank.
What is Yiddish?
The maximum height we can place our Hanukkiah.
What is under 32 feet?
Roladin is....
What is one of the most famous bakeries in Israel known for Sufganiyot?
The current 7th graders were the first class NOT to have the Wax Museum program. Instead, they had this.
What is The Ohio Adventure?