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Latkes

What is a common Chanukah food?

100

The Talmud

Where do we learn about the miracle of the oil lasting for eight days?

100

Antiochus

Who is the king against whom the Maccabees fought?

100
Eight with one extra for the shamash.
How many candle holders on a Chanukiah (Menorah)?
100
The Festival of Lights
What is another name for Chanukah?
200

Hamentaschen

What food do we eat on Purim?

200

Not mentioned in the Bible.

What is the story of Chanukah?

200

The family of religious zealots who triumphed over the Syrian Greeks and liberated the Temple.

Who were the Maccabees?

200
Dreidel
What is a game commonly played on Chanukah
200
It comes at the darkest time of the year and the light of the Chanukiah dispels the darkness.
Why is Chanukah called the Festival of Lights?
300

Sufganiyot

What fried food is common in Israel - and among Sephardic Jews - during Chanukah?

300

Judah Maccabee

Who was the leader of the revolt against Antiochus?

300
Hasmoneans
What is another name for the Maccabees and their descendants?
300
Recited only on the first night of Chanukah.
What is the shehekheyanu blessing?
300
Sevivon
What is the Hebrew word for dreidel?
400

Fried in oil

What kind of food are we supposed to eat on Chanukah?

400

167 BCE

What year did the Jews of Judea revolt against the oppression of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire?

400
Hellenism
What ideas were the Maccabees fighting?
400
Two
How many blessings are said when lighting Chanukah candles? (other than the first night)
400
“a great miracle happened there” Nes Gadol Hayah Sham
What do the letters on the dreidel (nun, gimmel, hey, shin) stand for?
500

Binuelos

Can you name another Sephardic Chanukah treat besides sufganiyot?

500

25th of Kislev, 165 BCE

When did the Maccabees hold a dedication (hanukkah) of the Temple with a proper sacrifice and the rekindling of the golden menorah?

500
Reading Torah
What Jewish "activity" was prohibited by Antiochus?
500
In a window.
Where should one light the chanukiah, if possible?
500
25 Kislev
What is the Hebrew date on which Chanukah begins?