Maccabee
When King Solomon died, Israel split into these two lands. One of which was defended on hanukah.
Judea and Israel.
A fun every-day dessert turned Jewish for the holidays
Jelly donughts
OH NO! The synagogue is trashed. There’s only 1 bottle of this left.
Oil
Dreidel is a betting game often betted on with these but sometimes not
Gelt
The Maccabees won! Their light lasted 8 nights so they could do this.
Search for oil
Jewish tater-tots
Latke
This is wheat makes the candles burn
Fire
Not as popular but a fun game to play with children in a small house
Find the gelt
This is the son of the leader of the Maccabees
Judas
This is a popular dipping suace
Apple suace
Candles are made of this material
Wax
The famous song says “Let’s all dance the” this
Hora
These are the dates of the maccabees rebelion
167-160 BCE
Not as popular as other dipping sauces but still fun to eat around Hanukkah
Sour cream
The name of the string in candles
Wick
A cheap alternative for prizes in dreidel
Cheerios
This man said”follow me if you follow god”and started the maccabees.
Mattathius
Hebrew name for “jelly doughnut”
Sufganiyot
The name of candle in Hebrew transliteration
Ner
People would continue to pretend to play this game to hide their Hebrew studying
Dreidel