Jewish/Greek History
What was Greece known for?
Beauty
What does Macabbi stand for?
Mi Camocha Ba'elim HaShem
Who was Antiochas's general?
Nikanor
Why do we eat oily food?
Bc of the miricle of the oil that lasted 8 days.
How old is Bibi Shura
70
Did Yavan come from Shem, Cham or Yafet
Yafet
What four things were banned from Greece?
Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Brit Mila, Learn Torah
Who were Matityahu's five children?
Yochanan, Shimon, Yehuda, Elazar, Yonatan
Why is there a minhag to eat dairy on chanuka
Yehudis got eliporny to sleep with dairy
This child was the youngest to get her years pierced
michal
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who did Yehudit kill
Eliporny
Who was Antiochas's general?
Nikanor
We light the Menorah in this order
Start on the right, lighting from left to right, adding one additional candle every day.
The first word this person said as a toddler was Abba
Akiva
Why did Alexander the Great like the jews?
If before Alexander went to battle Shimon HaTzadick came to him in a dream, that meant he would win. Therefore, Alexander respected Shimon HaTzadick and the jewish people.
The war lasted this many years
20
What were each of the Galiot and how long were each of them?
Galut Bavel- 70 years
Galut Paras U'Madai- 52 years
Galut Yavan- 180 years
Galut Edom- ?
According to some opinions this person is obligated to give a pruta to be mekayem the mitzvah of lighting the menorah.
A guest
This child was 5 years old when we went to Oorah
Yosef Chaim
What did the jewish people do in honor of Alexander?
They named their kids after him.
Chanukah was metaken as an official holiday at this time
One year after the story of Chanukah
What did Antiochus want everyone to call him and what did they call him instead?
he wanted them to call him Anntiochus "Epiphanes" which means "the gods beloved" but they all called him Antiochus "Epimanes" which means "the madman"
If a person has just enough oil for one night, he should light on this night of Chanukah
First night
This person in our family was born on Leil Shabbat.
Mommy