Chanukah
Vocabulary
Holidays
Miscellaneous
Hebrew
100

The oil lasted for 8 nights instead of 1.

What is the miracle of the Chanukah story?

100

The phrase that means people of Israel, that all of us are together as one.

What is Am Yisrael?

100

This is the holiday where we atone for our sins (say sorry).

What is Yom Kippur?

100

We dip this in honey to signify a sweet new year.

What are apples?

100

This word means commandment in Hebrew. 

What is the word mitzvot?

200

The game you play with gelt during Chanukah.

What is dreidel?

200

You put this in the doorway of all Jewish homes and buildings.

What are mezzuzot?

200

We hear the shofar during this holiday.

What is Rosh Hashanah?

200

This unique language is shared by Jewish people around the world.

What is Hebrew?

200

This word in Hebrew means hello, goodbye and peace.

What is Shalom?

300

Potato latkes, gelt, sufganyot are examples of these.

What are foods you eat during Chanukah?

300

This means giving charity.

What is tzedakah?

300

The lulav and etrog are associated with this holiday.

What is Sukkot?

300

The palm used in the lulav represents this body part.

What is the spine?

300

This word means family in Hebrew.

What is Mishpacha?

400

This is the hero of the Chanukah story.

Who is Judah Macabee?

400

This term means doing good deeds.

What are mitzvot?

400

Haman is the bad guy in this holiday's story.

What is Purim?

400

The number of mitzvot in the Torah.

What is 613?
400

This is the prayer written on the scroll inside a mezzuzah.

What is Sh'ma?

500

This is what the letters stand for on the dreidel.

What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham?

500

This term means how the Jewish people are spread out all over the world.

What is the diaspora?

500

This holiday celebrates finishing reading the entire Torah.

What is Simchat Torah?

500

Jacob, the son of Abraham and Sarah, is also known as this name.

Who is Israel?
500

The shin on the mezzuzah stands for this word.

What is Shaddai?