Treats
What is gelt?
Chocolate coins
Who is Antiochus, and what did he do?
The king of Syria who forbade the Jewish people from practicing their religion?
This holds nine candles, one for each night of Hanukkahand the Shamash to light the other ones.
A Hanukkiyah
When playing dreidel, getting this letter means take the whole pile
Gimel (ג)
What is light in Hebrew?
אור (Or)
What are latkes?
Fried potato pancakes
What was the name of the group of Jews who refused to worship the Greek gods?
The Maccabees
The first candle is placed at this part of the Hanukkiyah
The far right.
Getting this letter means getting nothing
Nun (נ)
What is miracle in Hebrew?
נס (Nes)
Jelly-filled donuts
Who led the army of Jews who won against the Greeks?
Judah Maccabee
The candles are lit in this way by the Shamash (helper candle)
Getting this letter means getting half the pile
Hay (ה)
What is oil in Hebrew?
שמן (Shemen)
Why do we eat treats that are fried?
To commemorate the miracle of the oil lasting for 8 nights
Idols
Who is the rabbi that said we should light the candles the way we do?
BONUS (extra 100 points): Who was the rabbi that opposed him?
Rabbi Hillel
BONUS: Wait for MG
The letters on a dreidel stand for "a great miracle happened there," which is what in Hebrew?
נס גדול היה שם (Nes Gadol Haya Sham)
What is candle in Hebrew?
נר (Ner)
What are bimuelos?
A treat that Sefardic Jews eat on Hanukkah that are fried dough puffs covered in honey
According to the Hanukkah story, while the Jews were cleaning and rebuilding parts of the Temple, the oil lasted this many nights
On the Friday night during Hanukkah which is lit first:
Shabbat candles OR
Hanukkah candles
What are the letters on a dreidel in Israel, what do they stand for, and what does it mean?
(a great miracle happened here) נס גדול היה פה