Reading in Hebrew
What does this say?
שָׁבַּשׁ
"Shabash"
בּ
Bet
"B" sound
שַׁבָּת
"Shabbat"
The Sabbath- the seventh day of the week, the day God rested when creating the world, and the name of the ceremony we perform on Friday night including lighting the candles and blessing the wine
אַ
Patach
"ah" soundWhat is the Hebrew name for the potato pancakes traditionally eaten on Chanukkah?
Latkes!
What does this say?
תָּמַשׁ
"Tamash"
שׁ
Shin
"sh" sound
שַׁמָשׁ
"Shamash"
Helper- also what we call the candle we use to light the other candles on the Chanukkiah
אָ
Kamatz
"ah sound"
What is one thing we bless on Chanukkah that we also bless during Shabbat?
The Candles
What does this say?
תָּלָה
"Tallah"
מ
Mem
"M" sound
בְּרָכָה
"B'racha"
Blessing-related to the "Baruch" in "Baruch ata Adonai" we say at the beginning of every blessing
אְ
Shva
"Ih" sound or silent + a syllable break
Name one letter on the Dreidel and what it means during the game.
Nun, gimmel, hay, shin
What does this say?
כָּתְבַה
"Katvah"
ל
Lamed
"L" soundהַבְדָלָה
"Havdalah"
The ceremony to formally end Shabbat, in which we light a braided candle and smell spices
אֲ
Chataf Patach
"ah" sound
What to the letters on the Dreidel stand for?
"Ness Gadol Hayah Sham"
A great miracle happened there (Israel)
In Israel, Dreidels have a pay instead of a shin, so the letters stand for "Ness Gadol Hayah Po": A great miracle happened here.
What does this say?
מַלְכָּה
"Malkah"
It means Queen and it's Moreh Mal's name!
ר
Resh
"R" sound
וְאָהַבְתָּ
"V'ahavtah"
And you shall love- also the name of a prayer
On Chanukkah nights that fall on a Friday (Shabbat), which do we light first, the Chanukkah candles or the Shabbat candles?
The Chanukkah candles! After we light the Shabbat candles and bless them, we are not supposed to do any "work", which includes lighting more candles. Therefore, we ligh the Chanukkah candles first.