Maccabees
Symbols & Traditions
Dreidel
Blessings & Candles
Hanukkah Hebrew
100

The name of the main Maccabee

Who is Judah?

100

The holiday is celebrated for 8 days for this reason

What is because the oil burned for 8 days?

100

Number of Hebrew letters on the dreidel

What is 4?

100

The helper candle on the Hanukkah menorah

What is Shamash?

100

A Hanukkah menorah in one Hebrew word

What is Hanukkiah?

200

Name of the Syrian Greek King the Maccabees fought against

Who was King Antiochus?

200

Chocolate coins given on Hanukkah are called this

What is gelt?

200

Hebrew word for Dreidel

What is S'vivone?

200

Number of blessings said the first night of Hanukkah

What is 3?

200

Candle

What is Ner?

300

Judah's father

Who is Matityahu or Matithias?

300

Food like sufganiyot and Latkes are eaten because they are both made like this

What is fried in oil?

300

The Hebrew letters on a dreidel outside of Israel

What are Nun, Gimmel, Hey Shin?

300

Number of candles needed to light the Hanukkah menorah for all 8 nights

What is 44?

300

Miracle

What is Nes?

400

What the Maccabees fought for

What is religious freedom?

400

Difference between a menorah and a hanukkiyah

What is: a menorah has 7 candles and a hanukkiyah  has 9 candles?

400

The Hebrew letters on a dreidel in Israel

What are Nun, Gimmel, Hey, Pay?

400

Direction in which you light the Hanukkah candles

What is left to right?

400

Jelly Doughnuts

What are Sufganiyot?

500

Name of the city in Israel where the Maccabees lived

What is Modi'in?

500

In the time that the Syrian Greeks ruled Israel, Jews played with dreidels for this reason

What is - in order to fool the Greeks when they were studying Torah?

500

Hebrew words the Hebrew letters on the dreidel stand for

What is Nes Gadol Haya Sham?

500

The name of the blessing you do not say after the first night of Hanukkah

What is Shehecheyanu?

500

The word "Hanukkah" really means this one word in English

What is "dedication"?