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This is the total number of candles used during Hanukkah.

44

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What are the four letters on a dreidel?
Nun, Gimel, Hey, Shin
100

The first president who celebrated Hanukkah in the White House?

Harry Truman

100

This is the amount of times Hanukkah is mentioned in the Torah

None

100

It is custom to eat dairy on Hanukkah in honor of this heroin.

Judith

200

Hanukkah candles must burn for at least how many minutes after night fall?

30 minutes

200
What happens, if during a game of dreidel you spin and land on hey?
You win half of the pot
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What does Hanukkah mean?
Dedication or Rededication
200

He was the first president to make Hanukkah a national holiday.

Jimmy Carter

200
What is the name of the special jelly donuts Jews in Israel eat during Hanukkah?
Sufganyot
300

How many blessings are made before lighting the candles?

3 blessings on 1st night

2 blessings on every other

300
What is the Hebrew word for dreidel?
S'vivon
300
After lighting a Hanukkah menorah, where is it traditionally placed?
In a window
300

In 1933 this astronaut celebrated Hanukkah in space.

Jeff Hoffman

300

Traditionally latkes were not made from potato but from this.

Cheese

400

He created the menorah.

Za'ev Raban

400

This is the reason the dreidel was originally invented.

A distraction-to fool the Syrians to thinking they were not studying the torah.

400

Hanukkah starts on this day.

 25th Kislev

400

He was the 1st Jewish ball player elected in to the Hall of Fame.

Hank Greenberg

400

An alternative to cooking in oil this fat is rendered from poultry or goose.

Schmaltz

500

What is the difference between a menorah today and the ancient temple Menorah.

A menorah today has 8 branches while the ancient menorah had 7 brances one for each day of creation.

500

What letter replaces Shin on an Israeli dreidel?

Po or Pey

500

According to the Talmud one should give how many gifts on Hanukkah?

None

500

Hanukkah can fall on any day except this.

Tuesday-because month prior to Hanukkah only has 29 or 30 days.

500

Gelt before chocolate were real coins given out to these people as bonuses.

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