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What happens at the Western Wall on Hannukah?
Do rabbis light a menorah and musicians perform traditional Hanukkah songs?
What is one special Kurdish tradition during Hannukah?
First: A week before the holiday, do children lock the doors to their rooms and their parents must give them coins in order to gain entry?
Second: Do Jews too poor to afford a hanukkiyah used eggshells as cups for wicks and oil, then lighting the required number of cracked shells every night?
What order in the sons is Judah Maccabee?
Who is the third son?
Which Jewish texts are the primary sources for the story of Hanukkah, and why is it absent from the Hebrew Bible?
What are 1 & 2 Maccabees and did the events occur after the canonization of the Hebrew Bible?
Which later Jewish holiday shares Hanukkah’s theme of survival under foreign rule but is biblically mandated?
What is Purim?
Which city has the largest menorah in the world?
What is New York?
In Mexico, what game is played with a driedel and what is the driedel called?
What is toma toda and what is pirinola?
What important IDF warfare tactic was designed by the Maccabees?
Allowing Jewish people to fight on Shabbat so they weren't killed
What language were the books of the Maccabees written?
What is Greek or Hebrew?
Which Jewish sect likely opposed the Maccabees despite sharing their religious commitments?
Who are The Sadducees?
What special Hannukah celebration happens in Rome?
What is a street party?
How many Hanukkah Candles do Syrians light?
The Jews of Aleppo were descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. When they finally found a safe haven in Syria, they vowed to light an additional shamash (helper candle) on Hanukkah as a sign of thanks. What is the tradition of lighting an additional shamash in solidarity with refugees who have fled their homes?
What does Hanukkah mean
What is "Dedication," because they rededicated the Temple?
What does the term “Maccabee” most likely mean?
What is a hammer?
Which Jewish philosopher downplayed Hanukkah’s theological significance compared to the High Holidays?
Who is Maimonides?
How is Hanukkah celebrated differently in Mumbai?
Do they use oil lamps instead of candles?
In Avignon, what special Hannukah tradition would dad love?
Why is it customary to end the Shabbat that falls during Hanukkah by opening a new bottle or cask of wine?
What do the letters on the dreidel mean?
What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham" (A great miracle happened there)
Which Seleucid ruler outlawed Jewish practices, sparking the Maccabean revolt?
Who is Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
Why did some rabbis view the Hasmonean dynasty ambivalently?
Did they combine kingship and priesthood, violating traditional role separation?
What special snack do Cuban Jews make for Hanukkah? (Hint, it's fried and has bananas!)
What are fried plantains?
How many days of Hannukah do Jews in Morroco celebrate?
Do Jews in Morocco extended the joy of Hanukkah into a ninth day, “the day of the shamash”?
Children go from house to house, collecting leftover Hanukkah candles. Then, they make a giant bonfire, dancing and singing around it, and jumping and leaping over it.
What is the name of the mother of the Maccabees?
Who is Hannah?
What deity’s altar was placed in the Second Temple?
Who is Zeus Olympios?
What is unusual about the name “Hanukkah” in terms of biblical Hebrew usage?
What appears in the Bible with a different meaning (“dedication”) unrelated to the later holiday?