Chanukah Food
The name of the money or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah.
Gelt
The number of nights we celebrate Chanukah.
8
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 Chanukiah by a window we do this mitzvah...It is a Chanukah shout-out.
To publicize or announce the miracle of Chanukah .
In what year did the historical event of Chanukah take place?
165 B.C.E
These are the four letters we find on the dreidel outside of Israel.
nun, gimmel, hey, shin - נ ג ה ש
Chanukah is not the original gift giving holiday in the Jewish tradition. This holiday is...
Purim
Instead of oil, many people use these to light the Chanukiah.
Candles
Even candles can use a helping hand. It is the name of the candle that lights the others.
Shamash
The family that led the resistance against the Greeks who outlawed Jewish culture.
The Hasmoneans, otherwise known as the Macabees
The words the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel stand for and their English meaning.
Neis gadol haya sham
A great miracle happened there
While Chanukah can occur in both November and December, it always falls in this Hebrew month.
Kisleiv
The Hebrew name for the jelly donuts that we eat during Chanukah.
Sufganiyot
Even though we read Hebrew right to left, this is the direction we light the Chanukah candles.
Left to right
You could say that the Maccabees were "anti" this Greek king whose name starts with the same sound.
Antiochus
These are the four letters we find on the dreidel IN ISRAEL.
Nun-Gimmel-Hey-Pei - נ ג ה פ
The fall holiday that the Jews recreated when they retook the Temple in Jerusalem. (It lasts for 8 days, too.)
Sukkot
The number of sufganiyot (on average) eaten in Israel during Chanukah, either in total or average per person.
18-24 million total
average of 4 per person
The number of candles used for one Chanukiah throughout Chanukah.
44
In addition to making a mess of the Temple, the Syrian Greeks also outlawed this weekly Jewish holiday.
Shabbat
The words the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel IN ISRAEL stand for and their English meaning.
Neis gadol haya Pei.
A great miracle happened here.
The father-son team that led the revolution against the Syrian Greeks.
Mattathias the Hasmonean and Judah Maccabeus