Chanukah Food
What is the name of the ״money״ or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah?
Gelt מטבעות שוקולד
For how many nights do we celebrate Chanukah?
What is 8
What does Hanukkah mean is english?
What is dedication/rededication
What is the name of the spinning top that children play with on Chanukah?
Driedel
On the first night of Chanukah how many blessings are said before the lights are kindled?
3
What is another name for the potato pancakes that eat at Chanukah?
latkes
Why do we place the Chanukiya at our windows?
To spread the miracle of the the oil that lasted for 8 days.
What do you call jelly donuts in hebrew?
Sufganyot
What are the Hebrew letters on the four sides of the dreidel ?
Shin, Hey, Nun and Gimmel
what is the different between the Menurah and the Chanukiyah?
Menurah has 6 +1 branches and Chanukiya has 8+1 branches
Which one is more common to eat in Israel and which one is more common to eat in America? Latkes or jelly donuts?
Jelly donuts are more common to eat in Israel and latkes are more common to eat in America.
Who attacked the maccabees?
What is the Greeks
What is Macabees translate to in english?
What is hammer
What is the name of the candle that is used to light the others?
Shamish
What city did Judah the Maccabee live in?
Modieen מודיעין
Instead of oil, many people use ________ to light the Chnukiyah?
candles
Who led the Maccabees to victory?
What is Judah the Maccabee
What is dreidel translated to in hebrew?
What is sevivon
Which side of the menorah do you place the first candle that is kindled?
What is all the way to the right
What year was the first Chanukah?
Around 200 B.C.
Why do we eat latkes on Chanukah?
What is it is oily to signify the 8 nights
What happened first, the lighting of the oil or the Maccabean Revolt?
What is the war
What do the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel mean in English?
What is a great miracle happened there
How many candles are used throughout Chanukah?
What is 44
What is a substitude common in Israel for the shin side of the dreidel?
What is פְ (peh)