a. Tel Aviv
b. Tekoah
c. Jerusalem
d. Modin

3. How many candles do we light on the 3^rd night of Chanukah, besides the Shames? 

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d.4

4.Why did it take 8 days to get fresh oil for the Menorah in the Bet Hamikdash? 

a. It took a long time to travel
b. They had to get it from Egypt
c. They needed time to make it pure
d. They didn't have a centrifuge

5. What kind of olives is best for making olive oil?

a. Pure

b. Green
c. Black
d. Pickled

6. How many branches did the Menorah in the Temple have? 

a. 9
b. 8
c. 7
d. 6

7. What was the miracle of Chanukah? 

a. Victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks
b. finding a jug of pure oil
c. The oil lasted for 8 days
d. All of the above

8. What did the Maccabees fight for?

a. A free country

b. Riches and wealth
c. For the right to practice Judaism

d. They wanted to control the Greeks

9. We light the candles from..?

a.Left to right
b. Right to left
c. Top to bottom
d. Bottom to top

10. What kind of foods do we eat on Chanukah?

a.With oil
b. Fat-free
c. With Cheese
d.With oil and cheese

normal  level

1.What was the Jewish Supreme Court called?

a. Gush Etzion
b. Sanhendrin
c. Shmoneh Esrei

2. What type of Hallel do we recite on Chanukah?

a. Complete
b. Partial
c. Intermediate

3. When do we light the Menorah? 

a. Sunrise
b. sunset
c. nightfall

4. One of these things is not like the others

a. Lehadlik Ner
b. SheAsa Nissim
c. SheHecheyanu 

5. Theme of Chanukah in Talmud

a. Miracle of the Oil
b. Military Victory
c. Both a and b

6. Chanukah in associated with:

a. Hidden Miracle
b. Open Miracle
c. Shopping!

7. Main Greek bad guy was
(Chanukah related of course):

a. Alexander the Great
b. Achashverosh
c. Antiyochus

8. Greece is descendant from

a. Shem
b. Ham
c. Yefet

9. Chronological struggle of Jewish people:

a. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome
b. Babylon, Greece, Persia, Rome
c. Persia, Babylon, Rome Greece

10. Permission to rebuild Temple was given by:

a. Greece
b. Rome
c. Persia

11. "Minhag" means:

a. afternoon prayer
b. irrevocable decree of a king
c. a custom

12. I was killed by an elephant:

a. Yehudah
b. Elazar
c. Yochanan

6. If one sees a lit menorah and has no possibility to kindle one herself or even of hearing someone else light then:

a. cannot make any brachah
b. makes the bracha Al Hanissim
c. makes the proper brachot but without Shem HaShem

hard level

1. What does “Maccabi” (Mem, Cuf, Bet, Yood) stand for?

a: “Marom Kodshecha Bashamayim Hashem” – “G-d’s glory is in the heavens above” an outcry by Matityahu

b: “”Mi Kamocha BaElim Hashem” – “no other G-d is like you,  Hashem” a symbol on Yehuda’s shield

c: “MiKol Be’ayot Yatzileni” – “He will save me of all my troubles” a phrase often spoken in Yehuda’s camp during the hardships of battles.

d: “MeChamat Boorim Yoshia” – “He saves me from the anger of the wicked” a prayer compiled to try to prevent Greek decrees.

3. Why do we light 1 candle the first night and 8 candles the last?

a: Because we only add Kdusha and not subtract.

b: because we want the macabim had more power from day to day.

c: because also in the mikdash 8 candels light only on the 8^th day.

d: “tora lemoshe misinay”

4. Who is obligated to light?

a: everyone except women

b: everyone

c: everyone except children

d: Sepharadim: only men; Ashkenazim: men and women

5. Why is Chanukkah called Chanukkah?

a: because it was chanukat hamikdash.

b: Because the Maccabim rested on Chuf-Heh of kislev.

c: because “chanuka” in Hebrew means “rest”, the maccabim had rest from fighting in that day.

d: a and b correct

6. How many Sifrei Torah do you take out on Rosh Chodesh Tevet that falls on Shabbat?

a: Two – for shabbat, then for chanukkah.

b: Four – for shabbat, then for chanukkah, then maftir shabbat, then for rosh chodesh.

c: Three – first for Chanukkah, then for shabbat, then for Rosh Chodesh.

d: Three – first for shabbat, then for rosh chodesh, then for chanukkah.

7. Why do we read that specific Kria BaTorah (the Korbanot given in the dedication of the Mishkan) in Chanukkah?

a: in order to remember where it all start, and who gave as the right to live in israel.

b: because in that day they sacrifice the same “korbanot” as bnei israel sacrifice when they built the Mishkan.

c: Because we’re comparing the dedication of the Mishkan in the desert on the second year to the dedication of the Mikdash in Israel on Chanukkah.

8) What should one do if he forgets to add “Al Hanisim” in the right place in davenning?

a: he should stop where he is and say it then. If he finished the bracha (modim) already, then he has to repeat the davenning.

b: he should stop where he is, say it where he is, and then ocntinue as usual after Al Hanisim. If he finished the Amida already, then he doesn’t return anymore.

c: he should stop where he is. If he finished the bracha (modim) already, then he doesn’t return anymore.

d: he should stop where he is and say it then. If he finished the bracha (modim) already, then he doesn’t return anymore.

9. What are you not allowed to do on Chanukkah?

a: chanukkah is like chol Hamoed.

b: to say “halel shalem”

c: Hesped and Taanit

10.Who are the five sons of Matityahu?

a: yochanan, Yonatan, Yehuda, binyamin and shaul

b: Yochanan, Yonatan, Yehudah, Elazar, and Shimon

c: shimon, naftali, Yehuda, elazar and yoel

d: Yehuda, yoel, shimon, naftali and yonatan

11. Who are you allowed to have Hesped in Chanukkha for?

a: relatives

b: an important king/ president/ prime minster

c: d: only a Jewish king

d: only a great Talmid Chacham

 

12. What was the first priority of the Maccabim in purifying the Temple?

a: getting all the idles out of it, and repurifying everytihng in the Temple.

b: light the menorah

c: get pure oil

d: putting the different “furniture” (i.e. mizbeach, shulchan, kiyor, aron, menora, etc.) of the Mikdash in their right places.

 

 

14.If someone doesn’t have enough money to get Chanukkah candles, what should he do?

a: Buy Chanukkah candles even from money which isn’t his!

b: buy chanukkah candles and not food.

c: even sell his clothes to get them!

d: not light Chanukkah candles.

15. How beautiful should one’s Chanukkiah be? 

a: should be worth as much as lulav and etrog.

b: modest – you don’t want people to get jeolous.

c: you don’t need a chanukkiah at all.

d: enough to catch the viewer’s eye.

16. If you have another light in the house, do you need a shammash, & why?

A: yes, because it’s a minhag israel.

B: no, because you already have a light besides the chanukkah candles.

C: no, because a shammash is never required – it just looks nice.

D: yes, because it’s more mehudar.

E:  yes, because having a shammash is a halacha in the rambam.

17. What is the main sporting event in Israel for Chanukkah?

a: a “mini olympic” of middle school kids from all over the country.

b: a national basketball tournament with representatives of all different youth groups in israel.

c: a soccer game between Maccabi Yerushalayim and it’s brother-team in Greece.

d: a basketball game between Saloniccy and Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

18. The line “Dvir Kodsho Heviani…” from maoz Tzur refers to what event in Jewish history?

a: the babylonian exile after the first temple was destroyed.

b: the entering of the jewish people to Eretz Israel.

c: the rededication of the temple once the jews returned to israel after their galut.

d: a reference to the series of events in which Aron Habrit was taken from Israel by the Plishtim.

19. Which type of lighting substance is allowed to be used on Chanuka?

a: olive oil and wax candles

b: Tar

c: cement

d: all of the above