Chanukah Food
The yiddish word for the money or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah?
What is Gelt?
This is one of the most popular Chanukah songs in Hebrew.
What is "ma'oz Tzur"?
It is the city where the Temple stood.
Jerusalem
It is mainly known by its Yiddish name, "dreidel," but in Hebrew it is called this, meaning "a spinner"
S'vivon
The number of blessings on the first night of Chanukah
3
People eat these with either apple sauce or sour cream.
Latkes
By placing our menorah by a window we do this mitzvah...It is a Chanukah shout-out
To publicize or announce the miracle of Chanukah .
The Nation who ruled over Jerusalem During the time of Chanukah
Who were The Seleucid Greeks
These are the four letters we find on the dreidel.
It is the fall holiday that lasts for 8 Days, too. Think Jewish Thanksgiving.
Sukkot
Instead of oil, many people use ________ to light the Menorah ?
Candles
The Greeks prohibited Jews from practicing these three commandments
Shabbat. Brit Milah. Learning Torah in Public.
Resistance against the Greeks who outlawed Jewish culture was led by this family who came to be known by this tough name. It means hammer.
The Macabees
Even candles can use a helping hand. It is the name of the candle that lights the others.
Shamash
It is a fun music group that bases its name on the Maccabees.
Maccabeats
The jelly filled donuts we eat during Chanukah
What are Sufganiyot?
It is the feeling many people have about being Jewish when we remember how the Maccabees stood up for themselves against the Greeks.
Pride
You could say that the Maccabees were "anti" this Greek king whose name starts with the same sound.
Antiochus
The total number of candles used throughout Chanukah?
What is 44?
While Chanukah can occur in both November and December, it always falls in this Hebrew month.
Kisleiv
Sometimes used to light the menorah instead of Candles
Pure olive oil
What do the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel mean in English?
A great miracle happened there
The Oldest Menorah Archeologists have found is this old
what is 2200 years old?
Even though we read Hebrew right to left, this is the direction we light the Chanukah candles.
Left to right
Chanukah is not the original gift giving holiday in the Jewish tradition. This holiday is...
Purim