Hanukkah Ritual
Hanukkah History
Hanukkah Customs
Hanukkah Odds & Ends
Hanukkah vocabulary
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The number of candles that represent each night of Hannukah
8
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This lasted eight days instead of one and is one of the Hanukkah miracles.
Oil
100
One traditional oily Hanukkah food
potato latke or donut
100
This is the length of Hanukkah.
8 days
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This is the Hebrew word for "oil".
שמן
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In a game of dreidel, this is your prize.
Gelt
200
This is the small group of Jewish people who fought to protect the temple.
The Maccabees
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What is the Hebrew word for gifts/presents?
מתנות
200
One holds 9 candles while the other does not need to hold a specific number of candles.
The difference between a Chanukkia and a Menorah.
200
This is Hebrew word for "candles".
נרות
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Ritual practice done to commemorate Hanukkah and its miracles.
Light the Chanukkiah (Menorah)
300
This city is the setting of the Hanukkah story.
Jerusalem
300
This Yiddish word means "money".
Gelt
300
Another name for Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights
300
This is the English translation of סופגניה.
Jelly donut
400
On this night, we say three blessings over the candles instead of 2.
First night
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The Jewish people refused this, which resulted in the Romans attack.
Renounce Judaism (not be Jewish anymore)
400
These are the letters that appear on an American dreidel and what they stand for.
נ,ג,ה,ש; A Great Miracle Happened There
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This is where we are meant to place our Chanukkiah after lighting it each night.
In the window.
400
This is the Hebrew name we call the dreidel.
סביבון
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These are the two blessings we say each night of Hanukkah.
500
In the story of Hanukkah, this was destroyed by the Romans.
The Temple.
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These are the letters that appear on Israeli dreidels and what they stand for.
נ, ג,ה,פ
נס גדול היה פה
A great miracle happened here
500
The total number of candles needed for all 8 days of Hanukkah
44
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This is the actual translation of סביבון, its literal English meaning.
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