Description
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire.
This free printable Hanukkah game contains the following questions and answers:
The Jewish holiday of Hanukah starts in which Jewish month?~Kislev
The Jewish holiday of Hanukah ends in which Jewish month?~Tevet
What is the length of Hanukah~EIGHT DAYS
Ruler of the Greek army~ANTIOCHUS
What waxed item goes into the menorah~CANDLE
What Yehudis gave evil Greek governor to eat~CHEESE
Spinning top game played on Hanukah~DREIDEL
What did the Greeks ride on in their battles~ELEPHANTS
What was the oil was stored in~FLASK
Money given to kids on Hanukah~GELT
Letter on the Dreidel~NUN
Hebrew letter on the dreidel (first in alef-bet order)~GIMEL
Hebrew Letter on the dreidel (made up of 2 pieces)~HEY
(There) What the Shin on the dreidel means~SHAM
Letter on the Dreidel that is different in Israel~Pay
Letter on the Dreidel (last in alef-bet order)~SHIN
Oldest son of Mattathias, one of the Maccabees~YOCHANAN
Second son of Mattathias, one of the Maccabees~SHIMON
Third son of Mattathias, one of the Maccabees~JUDAH
Fourth son of Mattathias, one of the Maccabees~ELIEZER
Youngest (and fifth) son of Mattathias, one of the Maccabees~YONATAN
(BIG) What the gimel on the Dreidel stands for in Hebrew~GADOL
People at war with the Jews~GREEKS
(Happened) What the Hey on the Dreidel stands for in Hebrew~HA-YA
(Here) What the Pay on the dreidel means in Israel~POH
People who turned against their Judaism to be Greek~HELLENISTS
What the Greeks set up in the Jewish Temple~IDOLS
Food eaten on Hanukah made from potatoes~LATKE
Group of people who fought against the Greeks~MACCABEES
Popular Hebrew song sung during Hanukah~MAOZ TZUR
Oldest of the Maccabees he had 5 famous sons~MATTATHIAS
Holy object in the Temple that takes oil~MENORAH
What happened when 1 day of oil lasted for 8 days~MIRACLE
Town of MATTATHIAS and his sons~MODIIN
Terrain where the Jews hid from the Greeks~MOUNTAINS
Oil used to fill the Menorah~OLIVE OIL
Candle used to light the other candles on the Menorah~SHAMASH
What goes into the oil and the Menorah~WICK
Woman who killed the evil Greek governor~YEHUDIS
Where the Menorah is placed when lit~WINDOW
Place where the Jews prayed~TEMPLE
What we do to the dreidel~SPIN
What the Jewish people used to fight the Greeks~SWORDS
Round jelly doughnut eaten in Israel Hanukkah~Sufganiyah
What is usually found inside a Sufganiyah?~Jelly
How many candle holders are in the Menorah?~Nine
Sometimes opened by kids on Hanukkah~Presents
Time of day that the Menorah is kindled?~night
What are latkes often made from?~potatoes
What are Hanukkah candles made from?~wax
The festival of lights.~Hanukah