Chanukkah Vocabulary

  Hebrew Term English Term/Definition Hebrew Definition Hint Picture Audio
1 What date does Chanukah start כ"ה כסלו    
2 What four Mitzvot did the Greeks try to make forbidden 1. Learn Torah 2. celebrate Rosh Chodesh, 3 Keep Shabbat 4, have Brit Milah    
3 חַלָבִי dairy (we have a Minhag to eat dairy foods on Chanukkah)    
4 מַכַבִּים group of Jews who fought against the Greeks    
5 אַנְטִיוֹכוּס King of the יְוָנִים    
6 שֶמֶן זָיִת זָך pure olive oil    
7 חַנוּכִּיָה has 8 branches. We light these in our homes each night of Chanukah    
8 נֵר candle    
9 מְנוֹרָה had 7 branches and was lit in the בית המקדש    
10 יְוָנִים Greeks    
11 נֵס miracle    
12 What does מַכַבִּי stand for מִי כָמֹֽכָה בָּאֵלִם ה    
13 Why do we eat latkes on Chanukkah We eat foods that are cooked in oil, to remind us of the נס שמן    
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