Dreidel
This letter makes a Shh sound and means you have to put one in.
Shin
These are potato pancakes fried in oil to remember the oil that lasted eight nights.
Latkes
We celebrate Hanukkah for this many nights to represent how long the oil lasted.
8
This is the group that led the Jewish armies.
The Macabbis
We say this many prayers on the first night of Hanukkah.
Three
This letter makes a G sound and means you get the whole pot.
Gimmel
These are the delicious donuts that Rabbi Max sings about.
Soufganiyot
There are this many total candles on a hanukiah
9
This Maccabee led the Jewish armies.
Judah Maccabee
This Hanukkiah is lit at this time of day.
After sundown. (Nighttime)
This letter makes an H sound and means you get half the pot.
Hey
These are the chocolate coins people use when playing dreidel.
Gelt
To celebrate the oil lasting for eight days, we light this.
Hanukkiah
This is the country/empire that oppressed and tried to outlaw Judaism.
Greece
This is an American holiday Hanukkah has previously overlapped with.
Thanksgiving.
This is the phrase the letters of the dreidel symbolize.
A great miracle happened there Nes gasol haya sham
A dipping sauce often used for latkes.
Apple Sauce or Sour Cream.
Hannukah is known as the festival of this.
Lights
This is the light lit for eight days by the oil only meant to last for one day. This light is in every synagogue.
The Eternal Light, or Ner Tamid.
Hanukkah starts on the 25th of this month every year.
Kislev
In Israel there is no shin on the dreidel. Instead, they have this letter that makes a P sound. "The letters stand for a great miracle happened here."
Pey
This is a cake-like dish filled with potatoes, noodles, or other foods baked in a large pan.
Kugel
This is the candle in the middle or standing out from the rest that lights the other candles, also known as the helper candle.
Shamash
This is the Greek king who outlawed Judaism.
Antiochus IV
This is the direction Hanukkah candles are lit. (same way Hebrew is read)
Right to left