HANUKKAH SYMBOLS
HANUKKAH FACTS
HANUKKAH BLESSINGS AND SONGS
HANUKKAH FOODS
HANUKKAH NAMES
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We light it every night for 8 nights.
What is a menorah?
100
Hanukkah is celebrated for this many days.
What is 8?
100
These are the last two words of the Hanukkah blessing over the candles.
What is Shel Hanukkah?
100
Gelt is made out of this.
What is chocolate?
100
This is what the word dreidel means.
What is spinning top?
200
You spin it.
What is a dreidel?
200
This technique, used by the Maccabees, enabled them to defeat the Assyrians.
What are surprise attacks?
200
In the dreidel song you say dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of this.
What is clay?
200
We eat potatoe latkas because they are fried in this.
What is oil?
200
This is the name of the King of Syria who was forbidding the Jews to practice their religion.
Who is King Antiochus?
300
This is the name of the candle that lights the other candles.
What is the shamash?
300
It was only supposed to last for one night but it lasted for 8 days
What is the oil?
300
This is the prayer that we say on only the first night of Hanukkah.
What is the Shehechiyanu?
300
Customarily, we dip latkas into these two things.
What is applesauce and sour cream?
300
He was the first Jewish leader to rebel against Syria and its King.
Who is Mattathias Maccabee?
400
Jews from this country used a menorah with 9 candles and the shamash.
What is Syria?
400
This game was played to fool the Syrians and later the Romans when they came to find Jews who were studying the Torah when that was against the law.
What is the dreidel game?
400
This Saturday Night Live comedian reached #28 on the adult Top 40 list in 1996 with his version of the Chanukkah Song.
Who is Adam Sandler?
400
On the Friday night during Hanukkah we add this to our Hanukkah meal.
What is challah?
400
He is the son who took over and led the revolt against Antiochus after his father died.
Who was Judah Maccabee?
500
This is the name of the coins used by the Maccabees.
What is a shekel?
500
Name of two Jewish practices that the Assyrian king outlawed.
What is celebrating Shabbat and having a bris?
500
This is the Hebrew name for the song, "Rock of Ages."
What is Moatzur?
500
This is the name of the special fried donuts that Israeli people eat during Hanukkah.
What is sufganiyot?
500
This is what the name Maccabee means.
What is hammer?
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