1. Lighting of the candles
Jeopardy
General Hanukkah
Lighting of the candles
Songs and dares
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2. What holiday is not mentioned in the torah?
Passover
Hanukkah
Yom Kippur
Shavuot

3. Sorry, wrong answer!!

4. Correct!!!
Hanukkah isn’t written in the torah!

5. The king that ordered the destruction of the second temple came from what country?
Babylon
Egypt
Rome
Syria

6. Sorry, wrong answer!!

7. Correct!!!
The king that ordered the destruction of the second temple came from Syria

8. The word Hanukkah means:
Education
Purification
Dedication
Victory

9. Sorry, wrong answer!!

10. Correct!!!
The word Hanukkah means dedication and refers to the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem.

11. What city did the Maccabees live in?
Modi’in
Beit-El
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem

12. Sorry, wrong answer!!

13. Correct!!!
The Maccabees lived in Modi’in, which is between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Modi’in
Jerusalem

14. Where was Yehuda Ha Maccabee’s first victory?
Beit-Charon
Beit-El
Modi’in
Jerusalem

15. Sorry, wrong answer!!

16. Correct!!!
Yehuda Ha Maccabee’s first victory was in Beit-Charon

17. When Hanukkah is on a Shabbat which candles are lit first
When Hanukkah is on a Shabbat which candles are lit first? The Shabbat candles or the Hanukkah candles?

18. Sorry, wrong answer!! Next team!
We light Hanukkah candles first because once we light Shabbat candles than we brought in the Shabbat and we can’t light anymore candles, so we light the Hanukkah candles and then we bring in Shabbat by lighting the Shabbat candles!!!
Sorry, wrong answer!!
Next team!

19. Correct!!!
We light Hanukkah candles first because once we light Shabbat candles than we brought in the Shabbat and we can’t light anymore candles, so we light the Hanukkah candles and then we bring in Shabbat by lighting the Shabbat candles!!!

20. How many blessings do we say the first night?
Two like all other nights
Three like all other nights
One
Three on the first night but the rest of the days are two

21. Sorry, wrong answer!!

22. Correct!!!
The first night we say three blessings and all the other nights we say only two!
The blessing that we add:
Baruch ata Adonai, Elohenu melech ha-olam she-hecheyanu, ve-kiyemanu, ve-higiyanu la-zeman ha-zeh.
Blessed are you, Lord our G-d, King of the Universe,  Who has kept us alive, and has preserved us,  and enabled us to reach this season.

23. Where do we light the Hanukkah candles?
Inside the house
It doesn’t matter
It has to be next to a window
Next to a window or next to an entrance

24. Sorry, wrong answer!!

25. Correct!!!
We light the candles next to a window or next to an entrance, what is important is that people could see it! We spread the light…

26. How long do the candles have to last?
An hour
It doesn’t matter
A half an hour from sun down
Ten minutes from sun down

27. Sorry, wrong answer!!

28. Correct!!!
The candles have to last a half an hour from sun down.

29. We light the candles from _________ to _________
Left to right
Right to left
No specific order
One on each side working our way in

30. Sorry, wrong answer!!

31. Correct!!!
We place the candles in the Menorah's far right (as you face the Menorah) candle holders
Another candle is placed for the Shamash (helper candle).
We say the blessings and then light the candles using the Shamash candle.
We light the left-most candle first and then light in order, from left to right.
We follow this procedure for each night of Hanukkah

32. What side of the door do we put the Menorah?
On the right side
It doesn't matter
In the middle
On the left side

33. Sorry, wrong answer!!

34. Correct!!!
We put the menorah on the left side of the door so that it is on the opposite side of the mezuzah. This way we are surrounded by mitzvoth.

35. What song do we traditionally sang after the lighting of the menorah?
I Have a Little Dreidel
Maoz Tzur
Sivivon, sov, sov, sov
Oh Hanukkah! Oh Hanukkah!

36. Sorry, wrong answer!!

37. Correct!!!
After the lighting of the menorah it is traditional to sing Maoz Tzur

38. Make a kosher Menorah out of the shoes from the kids in your group.
Get to work!

39. Make up a song of what you love most about Hanukkah

40. You have ONE minute to come up with a short play about the victory of the Maccabees
GOOD
LUCK!

41. Sing the first verse of Maoz Tzur
Maoz tzur yeshuati Lecha naeh le-shabeyach Tikon beit tefilati Vesham todah nezabeyach.

42. Az egmor v'shir mizmor Chanukat hamizbeyach.
Translation O mighty stronghold of my salvation, to praise You is a delight. Restore my House of Prayer and there we will bring a thanksgiving offering. When You will have prepared the slaughter for the blaspheming foe, Then I shall complete with a song of hymn the dedication of the Altar.
Maoz Tzur
Maoz tzur yeshuati Lecha naeh le-shabeyach Tikon beit tefilati Vesham todah nezabeyach.
Le'et tachin matbeyach Meetzar hamnabeyach Az egmor veshir mizmor Chanukat hamizbeyach
Az egmor v'shir mizmor Chanukat hamizbeyach.

43. Who was the villain of Hanukkah?
Antiochus
Achashvehrosh
Pharaoh
Goliath

44. Sorry, wrong answer!!

45. Correct!!!
The villain of Hanukkah is Antiochus.

46. What was the name of Judah Ha Maccabee’s father?
Yair
Matityahu
Binyamin
Shimon

47. Sorry, wrong answer!!

48. Correct!!!
Judah Ha Maccabee’s fathers name was Matityahu.

49. Who was the Cohen Ha Gadol?
Rashi
Moshe
Matityahu
Goliath

50. Sorry, wrong answer!!

51. Correct!!!
Matityahu was a Cohen Gadol

52. What was the name of the Roman leader whom took part in the Beit-Charon battle?
Tripon
Shimon
Syron
Yonatan

53. Sorry, wrong answer!!

54. Correct!!!
Syron was the Roman leader whom took part in the Beit-Charon battle.

55. Who was sent by Yehuda to save the Jews from the Galil?
Yonatan
Karen
Shimon
Tamar

56. Sorry, wrong answer!!

57. Correct!!!
Shimon was sent by Yehuda to go save the Jews from the Galil.

58. Which letter is not on the Dreidel?
Nun
Gimel
Bet
Shin

59. Sorry, wrong answer!!

60. Correct!!! Beit isn’t on the dreidel. The letters on the dreidel are
Nun- (for Nes)
Gimel- (for Gadol)
Hey- (for Haya)
Shin- (for Sham)

61. What letter on the dreidel here isn’t on the dreidel in Israel?
Shin
Nun
Hey
There is no difference

62. Sorry, wrong answer!!

63. Correct!!!
The letter Shin is not found on a dreidel in Israel. In Israel you would find the letter Pey. Pey is for po, here. The miracle that happened here. Out side of Israel we have the letter Shin for sham there, meaning Israel.

64. In 1958, what country’s national bank created special coins to be used at Hanukkah “gelt”?
United States
Canada
Israel
China

65. Sorry, wrong answer!!

66. Correct!!!
Israel created special coins used as Hanukkah gelt in 1958

67. What is acceptable to use for lighting other than candles?
Torches
You are only aloud to light candles
Oil
Only olive oil, you can’t use any other oil

68. Sorry, wrong answer!!

69. Correct!!!
It is acceptable to light the menorah with oil, and not only candles.

70. What was the oil found in?
It was already in the Menorah
In side a dreidel
In a jug
In a bowl

71. Sorry, wrong answer!!

72. Correct!!!
The oil was founded in a jug!!!