CHANUKAH BASICS
The number of nights Chanukah is celebrated for.
What is eight?
The group the Jews fought against in the Chanukah story.
Who are the Greeks?
The miracle that happened with the oil in the Beis HaMikdash.
What is “one day’s oil lasted eight days”?
The special tefillah added to Shemoneh Esrei on Chanukah.
What is Al HaNissim?
The language of the dreidel letters.
What is Hebrew?
The helper candle used to light all the other Chanukah candles.
What is the shamash?
The family (of Kohanim) that led the revolt.
Who are the Chashmonaim?
The place where the miracle of the oil happened.
What is the Beis HaMikdash?
The bracha said only on the first night.
What is Shehechiyanu?
What נ ג ה ש stands for.
What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham?
A food eaten on Chanukah because it’s fried in oil.
What are latkes? (or sufganiyot)
The land where the Chanukah story took place.
What is Eretz Yisrael?
What the Jews were able to do again after defeating the Greeks.
What is keep Torah and mitzvos?
The best time to light the menorah (basic halacha).
What is “at night, shortly after sunset”?
Why we don’t use the Chanukah lights for regular activities.
What is “because the lights are holy / only for the mitzvah”?
The four-sided spinning top played with on Chanukah.
What is a dreidel?
The mitzvos Antiochus made illegal for the Jews.
What are Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh, and Bris Milah?
The reason Chanukah is eight days even after the war was won.
What is “because of the miracle of the oil”?
The reason we place the menorah by a doorway/window.
What is pirsumei nisa (publicizing the miracle)?
The object we traditionally gamble with while playing dreidel.
What is gelt (or candies)?
The bracha that thanks Hashem for the miracles of Chanukah.
What is She’asah Nissim La’avoseinu?
The shevet the Chashmonaim came from.
What is Shevet Levi?
What fried Chanukah foods remind us of.
What is the miracle of the oil?
The reason women are included in the obligation of Chanukah lighting.
What is “they were also part of the miracle”?
The reason dreidel was played during Greek rule.
What is to hide Torah learning?