Treats
What are the potato pancakes we eat on Hanukkah called?
Latkes
a. Antiochus
b. Pharoah
c. Noah
a. Antiochus
What do we call the thing that holds the candles we light?
Hanukkiyah or Menorah
How many sides are there of the dreidel?
4
How many blessings do we say on the first night of Hanukkah as we light the candles?
three
What is the name for the gold coins we exchange while we play dreidel?
Gelt
This Jewish man and his son refused to worship the Greek Gods.
a. Mickey Mouse
b. Shmuly
c. Mattathias
c. Mattathias
The first candle is placed at this part of the hanukkiyah.
The far right.
True or False: Dreidels in Israel have all the same letters as dreidels in the USA.
False. Dreidels in Israel have the letter pay on them instead of the letter shin.
What does the word Adonai mean?
God
Name the two popular things we dip our latkes into.
Applesauce and sour cream.
Judah Maccabee led an army of Jews and they did this.
a. lost
b. won
c. tied
b. won
Where do we keep the hanukkiyah when it is lit?
In the window.
When playing dreidel, getting this letter means take the whole pile.
a. Hay
b. Nun
c. Gimmel
c. Gimmel
How do you say "candle" in Hebrew?
a. hanukkiyah
b. ner
c. taper
b. ner
What do we call jelly filled donuts in Hebrew?
Sufganiyot.
Judah and his soldiers found these when they won back the Holy Temple.
a. lots and lots of containers of clean oil ready to use
b. Jewish prayerbooks
c. Greek idols
c. Greek idols
What do we call the helper candle, the one that lights the others?
Shamash
Getting this letter on the dreidel means getting nothing.
a. Shin
b. Nun
c. Gimmel
b. Nun
What does the Hebrew word "olam" mean?
a. oval
b. prayer
c. world
c. world
Why do we eat fried foods cooked in oil?
To remind us of the miracle with oil!
According to the Hanukkah story, the oil lasted eight days while the Jews were doing this.
a. cleaning, rebuilding and rededicating parts of the Holy Temple
b. having a party
c. in the middle of fighting the Greeks
a. cleaning, rebuilding and rededicating parts of the Holy Temple
Why do we place our lit hanukkiyah in the window?
To show others about our religion and share the celebration of the oil burning for eight days and nights.
The letters on the dreidel stand for nes gadol haya sham, which means what?
A great miracle happened there.
What is the Hebrew word for miracles?
a. neesim
b. mitzvah
c. barukh
a. neesim