Hanukkah Foods
On Hanukkah, Jewish communities across many cultures cooking and eating foods fried in this substance
Oil
The name for this holiday specific nine-candle holder
Hanukkah lasts for ____ days and celebrates what historical event
Eight Days and the holiday remembers the Maccabean Revolt against the control and influence of the Seleucid Empire (also called the Hellenistic Empire or ‘The Greeks’ )
TRUE or False:
Hanukkah is a story contained in the Torah
False!
The Hanukkah Story takes place in the 2nd BCE, long after the Torah was written down.
This prayer is said after you light Hanukkah Candles for the first time in a Jewish Year
Schecheyenu
The name for this Hanukkah food means ‘doughnut’ in Hebrew
Sufganiya/ot
The first name of the leader of the Maccabbean Revolt
Judah (Yehuda) HaMaccabi
The Hebrew phrase that four letters on the dreidel stand for
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What it means in English!
נס גדול חיה שם
Nes Gadol Haya Sham
“A Great Miracle Happened There”
The Holiday celebrated after Hanukkah excluding Shabbat ;)
Tu B'Shevat
Comple this line:
Ma’Oz Tzur ______
Yeshuati
מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ
This chocolate treat means ‘money’ in Yiddish
Gelt
The name for the candle that is positioned higher than the others and is lit first
Shamash
Which direction are candles placed into a hanukkiah
And
Which direction are the candles lit?
Candles are put into a Hanukkiah from right to left
And after the Shamash, they are lit from left to right
(with the Shamash you light the candle representing the newest night first)
The 25th of Kislev
Put On Your Yarmulke, It’s Time for Hanukkah! Is a lyric by a song by this Jewish actor and comedian
Adam Sandler
This hanukkah treat originates from the Jewish communities of North Africa
Sfinj
The name of the Hellenistic King who was the leader of the Greek-Seleucids who controlled the territory that included the ancient Kingdom of Israel at the time of the Maccabean Revolt
If you can't place your Hanukkiah outside your house, you are supposed to place your Hanukkiah in this part of your house
This Hebrew Month begins during the festival of Chanukah
Tevet
In English, Ma’Oz Tzur is known by this title
Traditionally, Latkes were made from this food product
Cheese
The name of a heroine of Hanukkah, often depicted in wielding a knife
Judith (Yehudit)
True or False:
It is allowed to light all of the candles at once on the first night of Hanukkah, and in the days following you remove a candle for each day until the holiday is over, leaving only one candle on the last night.
TRUE!
While it is a rare occurrence for someone do light candles this way, it is allowed.
In fact, in the Talmud, two famous Rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, argue with one another—Hillel maintains that adding one candle per day is the correct way to celebrate while Shammai says that you should actually start with all the candles and remove a candle for each day.
The name for a special ceremony for daughters which occurs on the night of Rosh Hodesh during Hanukkah, traditionally observed by North African Jewish Communites
Eid Al Banot/ Chag Al Banot, the Festival of the Daughters
“Chanukah Oy Chanukah A Yuntif A Sheyner….
"A Lustiker a Freilicher, nisht do nacht azoyner"