chanukah

on what date is Chanukah?

• 25 December

• 25 Kislev

• 19 Kislev

• 19 December

what does the word Chanukah mean?

• Festival of light

• Festival of oil

• Dedication

• Disaster

who ruled over Judea (Israel) at this time?

• Achashverosh

• Alexander the Great

• Yehudah HaMacabi

• Antiochus

what did the Greeks forbid the Jews to do?

• study Torah & keep Shabbat

• Eat donuts

• Leave their land

• Have Jewish names

what happened in the temple in Jerusalem?

• There were idols set up

• The Jews were charged to enter

• Shabbat was celebrated

• The Torah was burned

Who refused to follow the Greek's anti Jewish laws?

• All of the Jews

• Some of the Greeks

• A small Jewish group called the Maccabees

• Antiochus

Who led the Jewish rebels?

• Antiochus

• Haman

• Yehudah

• Moshe

what happened when the Jews got their temple back?

• They celebrated with donuts

• They found lots of pure olive oil

• They could find only 1 small jar of olive oil

• They played dreidel

what did the Jews want to do when they re entered the Temple?

• Eat

• study Torah

• tidy up

• relight the menorah

How long did the 1 jar of oil last?

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 8 days

• 8 weeks