Hannukah History
The creul Seleucid king who made it illegal for Jews to practice their religion
Who is Antiochus?
The name for Jelly Donuts in Hebrew
What is a Sufganiyah?
The greasiest, crispiest Hannukah food
What is a Latke?
The candle that lights all of the other candles
What is the Shamash?
The first blessing on lighting the Hannukah candles
What is LeHadlik Ner Shel Chanukkah?
The elderly priest who first stood up to the Greeks in the village of Modi'in
Who is Mattityahu / Mattathias?
The Hebrew name for a Dreidel
What is a Sevivon?
What is being fried in oil which connects to the miracle of the oil?
The direction in which we light the Hannukah candles
What is Left to Right?
The number of prayers we say on the first night of Hannukah
What is Three?
This dynasty of kings began with the Maccabees of the Hannukah story and lasted over 100 years until the rule of Herod the Great
What is the Hasmonean Dynasty?
The meaning of Shamash in English
What is the Peih vs. Shin?
(The American Dreidel has a Shin because it stands for "Sham / There", and the Israeli Dreidel has a Peih for "Poh / Here"
The minimum amount of time the candles must be allowed to burn
The paragraph that is added into the morning Amidah (silent prayer) and Birkat Hamazon (Grace after Meals) on Channukah
What is Al HaNissim?
This brave woman is remembered for helping defeat a Greek general by feeding him salty cheese and wine
Who is Judith?
The primary goal of the holiday - Pirsumei Nisa - in English
What is Publicizing the Miracle?
The ideal place to put your Menorah
Where is on your windowsill or doorway?
The reason why we use a Shamash (Helper candle) instead of using one of the eight candles to light the others
What is "we are forbidden to 'derive benefit' from the light of the Hannukah candles?
If you accidentally forgot to say Al Hanissim in your morning prayer, you have to restart it. (T/F)
What is False?
The names of all of Matityahu's sons (the Maccabees)
Who are Judah, Jonathan, Yochanan, Shimon, Elazar
If you land on the letter Nun while playing dreidel, you get nothing. This is the Yiddish word for "nothing" that starts with the letter N
What is Nisht?
The reason why we eat dairy products on Hannukah
If the wind blows out your Menorah 10 mins after you lit it when there was no wind in the forecast, you are halachically required to relight it with a new blessing (T/F)
What is False?
The main difference between the Hallel said on holidays or the beginning of each month and the Hallel said on Hanukkah
What is "On Hannukah we say the Half Hallel and on the others the Full Hallel"