Blessings
Three blessings
How many blessings do you say on the first night on Hanukkah?
You light eight, then keep taking away candles every night
What was the opinion of Beit Shammai?
Eight Candles
How many candles do you light on Hanukkah?
The Maccabees
Who were the Jewish fighters who fought the Greeks?
Nine total candles vs. eight total candles
Whats the difference between a Menorah and a Hannikiah.
Two blessings
How many blessings do you say on the second night?
You keep adding one candle every night
What was the opinion of Beit Hillel?
Used to light the other candles
What is the shamash?
The Greek king who took over and forced the Jews to stop doing Jewish practices
Who was king Antiochus IV?
164 BCE
When was the first menorah lit?
shehecheyanu v-ki'y'manu v-higianu la-z'man ha-zeh
What is the blessing we add on the first night of Hanukkah
Everyone adds one candle every night
How many candles should you light to beautify the mitzvah?
Hannukiah
What do we light the candles in today?
Mattathias
Who started the Maccabee revolt?
8 full nights
How long did the oil for the menorah last?
To honor the first night of Hanukkah we say this blessing
Why do we say shehecheyanu v-ki'y'manu v-higianu la-z'man ha-zeh?
New to old candles
How do you light the candles on the on the other nights?
Olive Oil
What is the preferred oil type for lighting?
Judah Maccabee
The son of Matityahu
Jimmy Carter, 1979 in Washington DC
Who light the national menorah and when?
You do not say le'had'leknar
What blessing do you not say if you do not light the candles just see them?
Within half an hour of nightfall
When to light the Hanukkah candles?
All oils exept olive oil
What are not the preferred types of oil
Hillel and Shamai
Who had the argument on the direction to light a menorah
symbolically differentiates the eight holy flames from other, mundane light sources