Hanukkah Menorah
This is the name of the helper candle
Shamash
These are the four letters on a dreidel. (USA)
Nun, Gimel, Hey, Shin
The number of days Chanukkah lasts in Israel
8
After the Maccabees captured Jerusalem, this place needed to be cleaned and rededicated.
The Beit Hamikdash
Traditional Chanukkah foods are cooked this way
Fried in oil.
When fully lit, this is how many candles are there on a Hanukkah Menorah.
9
This is what happens, if during a game of dreidel you spin and land on hey.
You win half of the pot
What Hanukkah means.
Dedication or Rededication
The hero of the story of Hanukkah
Judah Maccabee
This is the yiddish word for those chocolate coins we eat.
Gelt
This is the direction the we LIGHT the candles in.
Always start lighting the newest candle. (left to right.)
This is the Hebrew word for dreidel.
S'vivon
Where in the home (in 21st century America) is the menorah traditionally placed?
In a window
Of the two holidays, Purim and Channukah, this one came first
Purim!!
This is the name of the special jelly donuts Jews eat during Hanukkah.
Sufganyot
This is the direction we ADD candles to the menorah in
Starting with the right most candle and adding one each night to the left
This is what the four letters on the dreidel stand for
A Great Miracle Happened There
In this Hebrew month Hanukkah is observed
Kislev
The Hebrew word for Latke
Levivot
This is the total number of candles lit over chanukkah, including the shamashim.
2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=44
The reason a dreidel is associated with Channukah
The children pretended to be playing dreidel so they wouldn't get in trouble for studying Torah.
This question of the Beit Yosef is famous and literally hundreds of answers have been suggested.
If the oil was supposed to light for one day why do we have an 8 day holiday.
Of the two Hellenistic Empires, Ptolmeic and Selucid, this was the enemy of the Maccabees
Selucid!
Based on Rabbi Soskil's 100% correct opinion, of the two choices apple sauce and sour cream, this is the correct choice.
Sour Cream.