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100

The number of candles a menorah holds

What is 8

100

The name of the small band of Jews who fought in the Hannukah story

Who are the Maccabees?

100

This is the miracle of Hannukah

What is the oil burning for eight days and nights

100
A potato pancake

What is a latke

100

This spinning top is a traditional Hannukah toy

What is a dreidel?

200

Say the blessings

What do we do before lighting the candles?

200

The place the Maccabees rededicated

What is the Holy Temple?

200

This is the reason we eat fried foods on Hannukah

What is the oil burning?

200

This candy is often used to make coins

What is chocolate?

200

This is another name for a menorah

What is a 'hannukiyah'?

300

This candle lights all others

What is the shamash?

300

The Greeks outlawed this, leading the the Macabees revolting

What is the Torah?

300

The number of letters on a dreidel

What is four?

300

Latkes are traditionally eaten with these two things

What is Applesauce and Sour Cream?

300

These candles are lit after the Hannukah candles on Friday night

What are the Shabbat candles?

400

The direction in which we set the candles in the Hanukkah menorah

What is right to left?

400

He was the father of Judah the Maccabee

Who is Matityahu?

400

This word means money or coins

What is gelt?

400

This word means jelly doughnut in Hebrew

What is 'sufganiya'?

400

The Greeks rode this type of animal into battle

What is an elephant?

500

44

The total number of candles lit throughout Hannukah (including the Shamash)

500

The name of the Greek leader in the Hannukah story

Who is Antiochus?

500

The four letters on an Israeli dreidel stand for this

What is "A great miracle happened here"?

500

These doughnuts are eaten by Moroccan Jews on Hannukah

What are 'sfenj'?

500

The Hebrew date for Hannukah

What is 25 Kislev?

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