Chanukah Balderdash

Chanukah Balderdash

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Mehadrin min hamehadrin.

• The practice of lighting the menorah increasing one light every day

• The elite forces of the Maccabees

• The original brand of chocolate gelt

• A menorah that is 10 feet tall

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Helifornus

• The greek war elephants

• The greek general that was killed by yehudit

• The name of the kohen gadol the greeks appointed

• The greek name for California

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V’al Hanissim

• The arabic word for miracle

• The special paragraph inserted in our prayers during chanukah

• The city where they pressed new oil

• The ancient olive press

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Sphinge

• Moroccan donuts

• Ethiopian latkes

• French gelt

• Dreidel in flemish

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Epimenes

• “Mad man” in greek

• “Beloved of god” in greek

• The greek title for the king

• A greek warrior

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Modiin

• The city where the maccabees came from

• A chanukah prayer of gratitude

• The name of the Jewish news paper

• The name of the greek gymnasium the hellenist jews build in jerusalem

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Leviva

• Dreidel in hebrew

• Latka in hebrew

• A Levite family name

• A russian dip eaten with latkas

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Amah

• The name of Judah macabee’s wife

• A measurement equal to about 18”

• The biblical hebrew word for mother

• A kind of weapon the maccabees used

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Pirsumei nisah

• A persian chanukah dish

• The kohen in charge of lighting the menorah in the temple

• The concept of spreading the message of the miracle of chanukah

• A song some chasidic groups sing after kindling the menorah

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Plag hamincha

• A halachic time that is the earliest one is permitted to light the menorah

• The name of the jewish afternoon prayer

• The site of the battle ground with the greeks?

• The code word to start playing dreidel cause the greeks were coming