Minheg
(Custom)
(Custom)
Di date fun khanuke in luekh
The Hebrew date for Hanukkah
Der finf un tsvanstiker fun Kislev
The 25th of Kislev
Kukhn fun kartofl
Cakes from potatoes
Latkes
Di tsol fun likhtelakh in a khanuke-lempl
The number of candles in a menorah
Nayn
Nine
Der taytsh fun vort "khanuke"
The meaning of the word "Hanukkah"
Dedication
Di familye vos hot ongefirt dem ufshtand
The family that lead the revolt
Di makabeer OR khasmonayim
The Maccabees or Hasmoneans
Voser lid zingt men nokhn ontsindn fun di likht?
What song is sung after lighting the candles?
Maoz Tsur
Me preglt latkes dermit
You fry latkes with this
Der boyml - cooking oil
Dos shmalts - chicken fat
Dos likhtl vos helft di andere likhtelakh
The candle that helps the other candles
Shames
Di brokhe vos me makht di ershte nakht
The blessing you say on the first night
Shehekheyonu
Der beyzer yevonisher kenig
The evil Greek king
Antyokhes der ferter
Antiochus IV
Vos zenen di oysyes fun a dreydl in yisroel?
What are the letters on a dreydl in Israel?
Nun Gimel Hey Pey
Nes gado hayo po
A gebeks mit eyngemakhts
A pastry with jam
Sufganiyot OR Pontshkes
Jelly Donuts
Di rikhtung vos me shtelt di likhtelakh
The direction you place the candles
Fun rekhts af links
From right to left
A khidesh oder iberrashung fun Got
A suprise or wonder from God
Der Nes
Miracle
Vifl brider hot Yehuda HaMakabi gehat?
How many brothers did Judah Maccabee have?
Fir
Four: Eleazar, Simon, John, Jonathan
Vu hot me oysgetrakht shokolad-gelt?
Where was chocolate gelt invented?
Amerike
America in the 1920s
An ander vort far latke
Another word for latke
Dos khremzl - Chremsel
Der traditsyoneler boyml far a menoyre
The traditional oil for a Hanukkah menorah
oliv OR eylbert
olive
Der taytsh fun der kirtsung Nun-Gimel-Hey-Shin
The meaning of abbreviation Nun-Gimel-Hey-Shin
Nes Gadol Hayo Sham
A great miracle happened there
Ver hot bafrayt Yerushelayim in WW1?
Who freed Jerusalem in WW1?
Di britishe armey - Khanuketsayt 1917
The British on Hanukkah in 1917
A hanuke tsatske inspirirt fun nitl
Something inspired by the other winter holiday
Manischewitz Hanukkah House,
Mensch on a Bench, Hanukkah bush, etc
In mitl-elter makht men latkes dermit
In Middle Ages, latkes were made from this
Der kez
Cheese
Di tsol fun likhtelakh in eyn kestl fun khanuke-likht
The number of candles in a box of Hanukkah candles
Fir un fertsik
Fourty-Four
Di shtot fun der ershter khanuke
The city of the first Hanukkah
Yerushelayim
Jerusalem
Dos yor fun der ershter khanuke
The year of the first Hanukkah
164 BCE - Regular Calendar
3598 Hebrew Calendar