Dreidel
The four letters on a dreidel
Nun, Gimel, Hey, Shin
The length of time the miracle of the oil lasted
Israel
שַׁמָשׁ
Another English name for Hanukkah
The four letters on the dreidel stand for this phrase
A Great Miracle Happened There
The hero of the Hanukkah story
Judah Maccabee
חֲנֻּכִּיָה
Hanukkiah, or Hanukkah menorah
Where we put our menorah to "publicize the miracle"
In a window
Dreidel is a word in this language
Yiddish
These people tried to make the Jews give up their culture
The Greeks
סְבִיבוֹן
The Hebrew word for dreidel
The translation of Hanukkah into English
Dedication
This letter replaces Shin on the dreidel in Israel and means this
Pey, "Here"
The name of the king who is the villain of the Hanukkah story
Antiochus
נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם/פֹּה
A great miracle happened there/here
Scholars believe the first Hanukkah was the delayed celebration of this Jewish Holiday, which also lasts 8 days
Sukkot
Legend says the dreidel was made to hide from the Greeks that the Jews were doing this
Studying Torah
This needed rededicating after the fighting
The Temple
סוּפְגָנִיוֹת
Donuts
The seasonal event relating to the sun closest to Hanukkah
Winter Solstice