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Chanukah Jeopardy

Chanukah Jeopardy. 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

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Chanukah Jeopardy

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  1. Chanukah Jeopardy

  2. Traditionally, on Chanukah, we eat foods made in this

  3. Oil

  4. These treats represent the gold coins once used as gifts

  5. Gelt

  6. The Hebrew term for potato pancakes

  7. Latkes

  8. The English name for sufganiyot

  9. Jelly donuts

  10. There is a custom of eating dairy on Chanukah in honor of this heroine

  11. Judith

  12. What landing on Gimel means when playing dreidel

  13. Get the whole pot

  14. The English meaning of “Nes Gadol Haya Sham” – what the letters on the dreidel stand for

  15. A Great Miracle Happened There

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

  17. Studying Torah

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

  19. Sivivon

  20. This Hebrew letter only appears on a dreidel made in Israel

  21. Pey(instead of Shin)

  22. The length of time the small amount of oil found in the Temple lasted

  23. Eight Days

  24. The English definition of “Maccabee”, the nickname given to the family who led the revolt

  25. Hammer

  26. This Helenistic king ordered that the Second Temple become a pagan shrine

  27. Antiochus

  28. This is how many years passed between the outlawing of Jewish practice and the end of the revolt

  29. Three Years

  30. The year that the Maccabean revolt Ended, leading to the recapture and cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem

  31. 165 BCE

  32. The name of the candle used to light the others on Chanukah

  33. Shamash

  34. The number of blessings recited on the first night of Chanukah

  35. Three

  36. This is the direction we light the candles on Chanukah

  37. From left to right

  38. The type of oil used to light the Ner Tamid (eternal flame) in the Temple

  39. Olive Oil

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

  41. Forty four

  42. The English translation of the word “Chanukah”

  43. (re)dedication

  44. This actor/musician wrote a Chanukah song about Jews in Hollywood

  45. Adam Sandler

  46. The name of the Hebrew month in which Chanukah begins

  47. Kislev

  48. What the dreidel is made out of In the popular children’s song

  49. Clay

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

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