Candle Lighting
According to Hillel how do we light the Chanukiah?
What is adding a new candle each day.
The Greeks took over the land of Israel. They were expecting the Jews to...
What is worship idols and become like Greeks.
What is the Ashkenazi traditional dish on Chanukah?
What are potato latkes.
How many brothers were in the Maccabee family?
What is 5
The most important building in Y'rushalim is...
What is the Beit Ha'Mikdash.
A Chanukiah is lit with the help of a....
Shamash - The helper candle
The leader of the Maccabee family who led the Jews in to battle is...
Who is Judah?
What are the ingrediants used to make latkes?
What are potatos, oil, onion, salt, pepper
Did the Maccabees have a huge army to fight against the Greeks?
What is No, they were a small fighting force.
The city of Y'rushalim was made the capital of Israel by which King?
Who is King David?
Oil from _________ is often used to light the Chanukiah.
What is Olive
In what city outside Y'rushalim does the revolt begin?
What is Mo'di'in.
In Israel, the traditional Chanukah food is...
What are Sufganiot?
Simieon, a Maccabee brother died a terrible death, what happened?
What is He was squished by a Greek war elephant.
Y'rushalim is often referred to the city of ....
What is gold?
Where is customary to light the Chanukiah?
What is the Window?
The leader of the Greeks who took over Israel is...
Who is King Antiochus
What do latkes and sufganiot have in common?
What is both are fried in oil.
Is the story of the Maccabees found in the Tanakh? (Jewish Bible)
What is NO. It is found the Apochrapha, books written around the same time as stories fro the Tanakh but that don't make it in cannon.
When the Maccabees reclaimed the Beit Ha'Mikdash they found only a small amount of ....
What is a small amount of oil that was Kosher for the Menorah.
What is the difference between a Chanukah and a Menorah?
What is the number of lights, A Chanukiah has nine lights, and a Menorah has 7.
The Maccabees were part of a special type of leadership in the Jewish people...
What are Kohanim/Priests
Did the Maccabees eat Latkes and Sufganiot?
What is NO! These are modern foods that remind us of the importance of oil in the story.
When the Maccabees retook the Beit HaMikdash, they set up the celebration because they missed this.... Jewish holiday that year.
What is Sukkot?
What are the two miracles of Chanukah?
What is the victory of the few over the many and restoring Israel's independence and the second is the story of the oil.