Chanukah

Who was the first-century Jewish historian who wrote his account of the origins of Chanukah?

A) Antiochus

B) Epiphanes

C) Flavius Josephus

D) Rabbi Akiva

It has become customary for the Hannukkah menorah to have place for nine flames. Why is there a ninth candle called the shamash?

A) A “servant flame” is needed to light the other eight, keeping the from serving the pragmatic function of lighting another flame

A) Because it is necessary to have one flame higher than the others, to remind us of the high priests

A) To symbolize G-d’s commandments, which we all should fulfill

A) There is no real reason, it’s just a custom a

We can see the development of both Chanukah and the stories associated with it in

The Gemara

Psalms of Songs

The Assyrian Talmud

The prophetic writings

The “Scroll of Antiochus”, a megillah for Chanukah, was written in the Talmudic period in what language?

Hebrew

Aramaic

Greek

Arabic

Which king plays a central role in the Hanukkah story?

A) King Ahasuerus

A) King David

A) King Antiochus IV

A) King Antiochus VI

Doughnuts, usually jelly-filled ones, fried in oil and eaten on Chanukah are called:

A) Sevivom

B) Latkes

A) Shamash

A) Sufganiyot

In 1958, what country’s national bank created special coins to be used as Chanukah “Gelt”?

Brazil

USA

Israel

South Africa

What modern-day country were the “Greeks” of the Chanukah story based in?

Turkey

Greece

Lebanon

Syria

According to mystical tradition the letters on the dreidel spell out

A) The names of the great Jewish prophets at the time

The four different empires that tried to destroy the Jewish people

A) The things we are commanded to do on Chanukah

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