Hanukkah Food
Traditionally on Chanukah we eat foods cooked in this
What is Oil
What landing on 'Gimel' wins you when playing dreidel
What is the whole pot
The name of the candle used to light the others
What is the 'Shamash'
The length of time the small amount oil found in the temple lasted
What is eight days
The english translation of the word Hanukkah
What is 'Dedication'
These treats represent the gold coins once used as gifts
What is Gelt
English meaning of “nes gadol haya sham”
What is 'A great miracle happened there'
The number of blessings traditionally recited on the first night
What is three
A possible origin of the name 'Maccabee' is that it comes from the hebrew 'makav' which means this in english
What is 'Hammer'
What the dreidel is made out of in the popular children’s song
What is 'clay'
Hebrew term for potato pancakes
What are 'Latkes'
What the Jews were really doing when the Greeks would see them playing dreidel
What is studying Torah
This is the direction we light the candles
What is left to right
This ruler that ordered the Second Temple would become a pagan shrine
Who is Antiochus
Hanukkah is also commonly known as the festival of what?
What is 'Lights'
English name for 'Sufganiyot'
What are jelly-filled donuts
Hebrew name for a Dreidel
What is 'Sevivon'
The type of oil used to light the menorah in the temple
What is 'Olive'
The number of years that passed between the ruling against practicing Judaism and the end of the revolt
What is three years
The name of the Hebrew month during which Hanukkah always begins
What is 'Kislev'
There is a custom to eat dairy on Hanukkah in honor of this Jewish heroine
Who is Judith
This Hebrew letter only appears on dreidels made in Israel
What is 'Pey'
The total number of candles used for one Hanukkiah during the holiday of Hanukkah
What is 44
The year that the Maccabeen revolt ended, leading to the recapture of the temple
What is 165 BCE
How many sons of Matisyahu (also called Mattathias) fought the Greeks?
What is 5