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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
How long did it take to build the mishkan?
30 days
60 days
70 days
90 days
On what date did the Jews finish building the Mishkan?
Rosh Chodesh Nisan
25th of Kislev
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
8th day of Nisan
When did the story of Chanukah take place?
During the 1st Beis Hamikdash
Between the 1st and 2nd Beis Hamikdash
During the 2nd Beis Hamikdash
After the 2nd Beis Hamikdash
Who were the Chashmonaim?
A family of Levi'im
A family from the Kohein Gadol
A family of Yosraeilim who were big tzadikim
A family from shevet Yisachar
What does the term "Chanu" mean?
They did teshuva
They won
They rested
They built
Which was of the following does NOT symbolize the name chanukah?
They rested on the 25th
They made a chanukas habayis for the beis hamikdash
Yehudit killed Eliphornus with a sword
They finished the work to build the mishkan
we light 8 candles and the law id like Beit Hillel
Why is there a custom to eat dairy on Chanukah?
To remind of the Nes that happened with Yehudit who use cheese when she killed Eliphornus
To remind us of of Shavuot, which is when we received the Torah
Because we didn't have time to kasher our meat pots before matan Torah
Cheese can used in the process of making oil
What reward does the Gemara say that you will get for being careful with the Chanukah lights?
You will become rich
You will never have to beg others for money
You will have sons that are Talmidei Chachamim
You will live a long life
What should one do if he doesn't have money to buy Chanukah candles?
He is exempt from the mitzva
He should sell his shirt, but only needs to make sure that he has one candle per night
He should sell his shirt, to make sure that he has one additional candle per night
He should join with someone else
Which of the following is the Mehadrin level of lighting the Menorah?
Everyone in the house lights 1 candle each night
One person in the house lights 1 candle per night
Everyone in the house lights an additional candle per night
One person in the house lights an additional candle each night.
What does "Kavsa Ein Zakuk Lah" mean?
You should make sure to light with clear oil
You may not use the light of the candles
If the light goes out, you don't have to relight it.
Woman do not work for 30 minutes after the candles are lit
Which of the following is NOT a reason why we use olive oil for ner chanukah?
it was the oil used by the nes of the menorah
it draws nicely in the wick
it's the most expensive oil
it has a clear flame.
What kind of wicks are best to use for chanukah?
wool
flax
cotton
scarlet
Why do women generally not light Chanukah candles when her husband lights?
Because we don't want to have too many menorah's in one house
Because of Ishto k'gufo- the woman has the same status as her husband
Because women are not obligated in time-bound mitzvos
Because women are usually taking care of their family
What is a mitzvas asei she'Hazman Grama?
A positive mitzva that is done indirectly
A positive mitzva that is only done at certain times
A positive mitzva that is mi'd'rabanan
The 4 mitzvot of Purim
If women are not obligated to do time-bound mitzvot, why are they responsible to light chanukah candles?
Because chanukah candles are done for pirsumei nisa
Because they also benefited from the nes of Chanukah
They are not actually obligated in the mitzva to light the candles
They are responsible for mitzvot d'rabanan
At what age should children start lighting chanukah candles?
When they can hold a candle
When they reach the age of chinuch
Girl-12, Boy-13
Girl-7, Boy-6
What words does the Gemara use to explain when you should light candles?
From when 3 stars come out
From when the sun sets
From when it is night
After the sun sets
What are the 2 opinions about what the gemara meant for the time to light?
1-After mincha. 2- After Maariv
1-When the sun starts to set. 2-When the sun finishes setting
1-30 minutes after sunset, 2-After 3 stars come out
1-After sunset. 2-Aftrt maariv
For how long should you make sure that your candles burn?
For at least 30 minutes after you light (whenever that is)
For at least 30 minutes after 3 stars come out
For at least 30 minutes after sunset
For at least 45 minutes after sunset
What should you do first, daven maariv or light chanukah candles?
Maariv
Chanukah candles
If it's before Tzeis Hakochavim- Candles 1st.
If it's after Tzeis Hakochavim- Maariv first.
f it's before Tzeis Hakochavim- Maariv 1st.
If it's after Tzeis Hakochavim- Candles first.
Why do you daven maariv before lighting if it's after tzeis hakochavim?
Because krias shema at maariv is from the Torah and candles are D'Rabanan
Because you are more likely to forget maariv than chanukah candles
Because the time of maariv really started before chanukah candles
Because there is more than one night of chanukah candles
When is the absolute earliest time that one may light?
30 minutes before sunset
1 and 1/4 hours before sunset
at sunset
after chatzos
When is the absolute latest time that you can light chanukah candles?
midnight
60 minutes after tzeis hakochavim
dawn
2/3 of the night
In the times of the Gemara, what side of the door did they put the menorah on? Why?
Left Side- To be surrounded by mitzvos
Left Side- Because we put tefilin on our left hand
Right side- To be surrounded by mitzvos
Right side- Because the right side is more chashuv
How low off the ground should your menorah be?
As low as you want as long as it's by a window
3 tefachim off the ground
1 amah off the ground
4 amos off the ground
It is best to place your menorah below__________ off the ground
10 tefachim
1 amah
4 amos
8 amos
Who fulfills the mitzva with the candle lighting in the shul?
The one who lights it
The rabbi
The one who purchased it
No one
In the times of Chazal, if you had two entrance ways to your house, you would have to light two menorahs. Today we would only light one. What's the difference?
They were more careful about mitzvis back then
Today we can afford to buy more oil
Today people light inside, so we are not worried about people thinking that you didn't light.
Today, we know the real halacha, back then we lit both because we weren't sure of the halacha
Why is it better for the entire family to be gathered for the lighting?
So you can be motzei anyone who is not lighting
For Pirsumei Nisa
So the wife can remind the children which way to light
So that no one will fight about who will light first
What does the Gemara mean when it says "Hadlaka Oseh Mitzvah".
It is a mitzva to light chanukah candles
The mitzva of lighting is done as soon as it's lit
The mitzva of lighting is a time-bound mitzva
It is a mitzva to light an additional candle each night
If you did not have enough oil at the time that you lit the menorah, what should you do?
Add oil when you get more and leave it
Nothing
Put out the flame, add oil, and then relight the menorah
Spill it out and put in new oil when you get it
Which words do converts say for the 2nd bracha on the candles?
She'asah nisim la'avoseichem
She'asah nisim la'avoseinu
She'asah nisim la'avosecha
She'asah nisim la'avoseihem
What should you do if you forgot to say Shehecheyanu on the first night?
Say it on the second night when you light
Say it after you light on the 1st night
You can't say it again on Chanukah
Say it any time over Chanukah
What should you do if you finished lighting candles and realized that you didn't say any of the brachos?
You can't say any of them that night
You can only say L'hadlik ner and She'asah nisim
You can only say L'hadlik ner that night
You can only say She'asah nisim that night
You can say all 3 brachos that night
What should one do if he started to talk after he made t he bracha before he started to light?
Continue to light and then only say the first bracha
Blame his brother or his sister (it was obviously their fault)
Nothing, just continue to light
Make a new bracha before lighting
What do we say right away after lighting the candles
Maoz tzur
Haneiros halalu
Hallel
Shehecheyanu
How many candles do we light in total on Chanukah (excluding the shmash)?
24
44
36
48
When we light the menorah, which way do we light?
From left to right
From right to left
From top to bottom
From bottom to top
Which on of these is a reason for Beis Hillel's opinion for lighting 1 candle on the first day?
Because of the cows of the korbanos that were brought on sukkos
We go up in kedusha, not down
The amount of days left
Hadlaka oseh mitzva
Where should a person who sleeps at home and eats a meal by his friends house light candles?
At home
At his friends house
Wherever it is more convenient for him
Wherever he is at the moment the time comes to light
What does Maalin B'Kodseh V'ein Moridin B'Kodesh mean?
You may only use things that are hekdesh for a holy purpose
The Beis Hamikdash was in a very high place
Holiness is in the heavens and not on earth
We always go upwards in holiness and not down
From where do we learn out that Maalin B'Kodesh V'Ein Moridin B'Kodesh?
From Eisav-That he wore special clothes when he served his father
From Moshe- that he made people drink the ashes of the Eigel
From Avraham- that he slaughtered the ram by akeidas yitzchok
From Korach, that his fire pans were used as a covering for the mizbeyach
If you are staying at someone's house for the night, what should you do in order to join in their lighting?
Give the host a blessing
Give the host a little bit of money
Sing songs after the lighting
There is nothing you can do to join if you don't live there
What should one do if he does not have a house to light in and has no one to light for him?
There is nothing he can do
He should light in the street
He should say a bracha of she'osoh nisim when he sees someone else's candles
He shoudl say a bracha of she'osoh nisim by maariv in shul
Can a wife light for her husband who is traveling?
Yes- whether he knows about it or not
Yes-if he has in mind to be yotzei with her
Yes-if there is another child above the age of chinuch in the house
No
When you light on Erev Shabbos, you have to be careful that your candles stay lit for___________
at least 30 minutes
at least 30 minutes after sunset
at least 30 minutes after tzeis hakochavim
at least 60 minutes
What do you light first, ner chanukah or ner shabbos? Why?
Ner shabbos-You do the mitzva that happens more often first
Ner shabbos-Shabbos is from the Torah and chanukah is d'rabanan
Ner chanukah-you can't light chanukah candles after you accept shabbos
Ner Chanukah-Chanukah is a special mitzva
What should you do first, havdalah or ner chanukah?
havdalah
ner chanukah
It's a machlokes
In America-Havdala, In Israel-Ner chanukah
If you do ner chanukah before havdalah, what should you make sure to do beforehand?
Say Baruch Hamavdul Bein Kodesh L'chol
Say Haneiros Halalu
Smell the besamim
Pour the cup of grape juice
Which is a reason why we cannot benefit from the chanukah candles?
Because you might get mixed up with the shabbos candles
We light to remember the lighting in the Beis Hamikdash, where you were not allowed to benefit from the candles
Because we are afraid that you will come to move it on shabbos
Because the halacha is that if it goes out, you don't have to relight it
When are you allowed to light one candle from another candle (non-shamash)?
When both candles were already lit and one went out
When one candle was not yet lit
You are not allowed to
Only if it's the one right next to it
What should you do with the leftover oil that was used for the mitzva of lighting?
Use it for making latkes
You can do whatever you want with it
Burn it
Save it
Which tefila do we NOT skip on Chanukah
Lamnatzayach
Mizmor L'Sodah
Tachnun
Kel Erech Apayim
If you forgot to say Al Hanisim and you remembered during the bracha of simshalom, you should________
Say it during Sim shalom
Say it during Elokai Nitzor at teh end of Shmone esrei
Go back to the beginning of shmone esrei
Finish shmone esrei without saying it
When do we say Al Hanisim in Birchas Hatorah
During the 1st bracha
During the 2nd bracha
During the 3rd bracha
During the 4th bracha
If you forgot to say Al Hanisim in birchat hamazon and you are in middle of the paragraph "Racheim", you should
Stop and go back to Al Hanisim
Say it at the end of the bracha of racheim
Continue to the end of Birchat Hamazon
Add in an extra Harachaman after "Al yichasreinu" and say it then
The krias Hatorah on Chanukah is about
The story of the CHashmonaim
The korbanos that the nesi'im brought by the chanukas hamishkan
The korbanos that the kohanim brought by the chanukas hamishkan
The korbanos that the Jews brought on sukkos
How many sefer Torah's do we take out on Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah
1
2
3
4
What is referred to as "Zos Chanukah"
The 5th day of Chanukah
The 7th day of Chanukah
The olive oil used on Chanukah
The last day of Chanukah
