dates
what is the date of hanukkah?
יא כסלו
what custom do women have?
women have a custom to refrain from doing work
shabbat
it is evidence that there is a creator of the world
who won the war?
jews
who is obligated to light the menorah?
everyone - men, women, and children
what is the date of sukkot?
טו תשׁרי
what is customary to eat on hanukkah?
dairy products
hodesh
to prevent bny from observing the holidays
how did they pruify the bet hamikdash?
they built a new altar and a new menorah
who are the candles lit by?
one of the members of the house
what is the date of yom kippur?
י תשׁרי
what is customary to eat on hanukkah
fried food in oil such as donuts,latkes
mila
it is a sign between bny and the goyim
how many days did the oil last?
8 days
what is the custom of the Ashkenazim?
each one of the members in the house lights himself
what is the date of rosh hashana?
א בּ תשׁרי
what is customary to play with?
dreidels
what other decree did antiyochus make (3)?
1. children cant learn Torah
2. not to keep kosher
3. to bring impure animals into the bet hamikdash
what are these days called now?
hanukkah
what is the custom of the sefaradim?
that one of the members of the house ignites the fires for all the members of the house
what is the date of semchah torah
כג תשׁרי
what is customary to give on hanukkah?
hanukkah money to the poor and to the children
what was brought in the bet hamikdash?
impure animals
what happened when they wanted to light the menorah?
they did not find any pure olive oil
where do we light the menorah?
by the window facing the public