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Traditionally, on Chanukah,

we eat foods made in this

Oil

These treats represent the gold coins once used as

gifts

Gelt

The Hebrew term for potato pancakes

Latkes

The English name for sufganiyot

Jelly donuts

There is a custom of eating dairy on Chanukah

in honor of this heroine

Judith

What landing on Gimel means when playing dreidel

Get the whole pot

The English meaning of “Nes Gadol Haya Sham” –

what the letters on the dreidel stand for

A Great Miracle Happened There

What the Jews were really doing when the Syrian Greeks saw them playing dreidel

Studying Torah

The Hebrew name for dreidel (yup that’s actually Yiddish)

Sivivon

This Hebrew letter only appears

on a dreidel made in Israel

Pey(instead of Shin)

The length of time the small amount of oil

found in the Temple lasted

Eight Days

The English definition of “Maccabee”, the nickname given to the family

who led the revolt

Hammer

This Helenistic king ordered that the Second Temple become

a pagan shrine

Antiochus

This is how many years passed

between the outlawing of Jewish practice and the

end of the revolt

Three Years

The year that the Maccabean revolt

Ended, leading to the recapture and cleansing of the

Temple in Jerusalem

165 BCE

The name of the candle used to light the others

on Chanukah

Shamash

The number of blessings recited on the first night

of Chanukah

Three

This is the direction we light the candles

on Chanukah

From left to right

The type of oil used to light the Ner Tamid (eternal flame)

in the Temple

Olive Oil

This is the total number of candles used during the holiday of Chanukah

Forty four

The English translation of the word “Chanukah”

(re)dedication

This actor/musician wrote a Chanukah song about

Jews in Hollywood

Adam Sandler

The name of the Hebrew month in which Chanukah begins

Kislev

What the dreidel is made out ofIn the popular children’s song

Clay

This Jewish musician shares a name with the father of the Maccabees

Matisyahu