Chanukah Story
According to the Talmud and historical sources, the military victory took years to achieve, and the miracle of the oil occurred shortly thereafter. How long after that was Chanukah established as a holiday?
One Year
En route to their recent World Series victory, the Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 3 in a record-tying 18 innings. The last 18-inning game was also in Game 3 of the World Series, in 2018. What team won that game?
Also the LA Dodgers
(against the Boston Red Sox, who ultimately won the series)
Chanukah is a rabbinically-instituted holiday as the events it celebrates took place after the Torah was given. Yet, the Torah is read every day of Chanukah. What is the topic/section read?
The original dedication of the altar in the Mishkan
(read from Naso)
What product used to be advertised using the slogan/jingle, "Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?”
Dr Pepper
What is the dispute between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel regarding the procedure for Chanukah candle-lighting?
When doing the highest level of the mitzvah, Beis Shammai says to light eight lights the first night and decrease each night, while Beis Hillel says to start with one and increase
What was the name of Adam Sandler’s 2002 animated Chanukah movie?
Eight Crazy Nights
Oily foods are the most traditional for Chanukah. Some people, however, have a custom to eat dairy as well. Why?
Yehudis, a young woman who was abducted by a Greek general, fed him salty cheese, then got him drunk, and assassinated him
While the conflict was still somewhat “peaceful," the Greeks set up an altar and asked for a specific Jewish man to bring a sacrifice to one of the Greek gods, but another Jewish man volunteered instead What, specifically, happened to that volunteer?
He was killed by Matisyahu
The NHL expanded from six teams to 12 following the 1967 season. The six pre-expansion teams - New York, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, and Boston - are known as the "Original Six”. Why is this name misleading?
There had already been several other teams that had existed (and even won Stanley Cups) prior to the league contracting down to the "Original Six" teams
It happens in some years that we use three separate Torah scrolls on the same day during Chanukah. Describe how that can happen.
When Rosh Chodesh falls on the Shabbos of Chanukah
What is the primary difference between how green and black olives are produced?
How long they are left on the tree to ripen/age
If you set up your menorah with sufficient oil and kosher wicks, but one or more of the lights goes out prematurely, do you need to relight it? Why/why not?
You do not
We rule that it is the act of lighting that accomplishes the mitzvah
The TV show, Dancing With the Stars, recently featured a Chanukah-themed dance number. To what song was the routine set?
Miracle
(by Matisyahu)
The word Chanukah means “dedication" - referring to the re-dedication of the Temple following the defeat of the Greeks. What is an alternate explanation of the name of the holiday?
Following the war, the Jews rested (chanu) on the 25th of the month (kaf-heh)