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100

What does "Shamash" mean?

What is Helper

100

Who lead the Macabees to victory?

Who is Judah Macabee

100
What are the 4 letters on the Dreidel?

What is Nun, Gimel, Hay, and Shin

100

How many candles are lit on the last night of Hanukkah?

What is 9

100

How many nights are there is Hanukkah?

What is 8

200

What is the hebrew word for donut?

What is Sufganiyot

200

What is the name of the king who wanted to kill the Jews?

Who is Antiochus IV

200

What does the Gimel stand for?

What is Gadol?

200

What foods do we eat on Hanukkah and why?

What is Latkes and Jelly filled donuts. We eat these because they are fried in oil.

200

How many arms did the Menorah have in the temple in Israel?

What is 7

300

What does Hanukkah mean?

What is dedication
300

Who was Judah Macabee's father?

Who is Mattatiahs.

300

What does the Shin stand for?

What is Sham

300

What is the classic game we play on Hanukkah?

Dreidel

300
How many ways can you spell Hanukkah?

What is 16

400

What does Macabee mean?

What is Hammer

400

What are the 2 miracles of Hanukkah?

What is the victory of the war and the 8 nights of oil

400

In Israel, what letter on the dreidel is different and what does it change to?

What is Shin. It changes to Pey.

400

What is the order of putting in the candles and lighting them?

What is you put them in right to left and light them left to right.

400

Is Hanukkah a high holiday or not? Why or why not?

What is Hanukkah is NOT a high holiday. It happened after the Jews received the Torah so if it is not written in the Torah it is NOT a high holiday.

500

How do you say holiday in Ydish?

What is yontef?

500

Who did Judah Macabee kill to start a surprise attack?

Who is Holoferns

500

When you put all the letters/words on the dreidel together, what phrase does it make and what does it mean?

What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham. It means "a great miracle happened there."

500

What date does Hanukkah start?

What is the 25th of Kislev

500

Who was the first president to celebrate Hanukkah in the White House?

Who is Harry Truman