Hanukkah Quiz

How much do you know about the Festival of Lights?

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Though initially a minor holiday, Hanukkah has become one of the paradigmatic Jewish holidays. Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews over the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE, and is celebrated numerous ways.


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How much do you know about Hanukkah?

Question 1 of 10
Which of the following letters does not appear on a dreidel from America
Question 2 of 10
When lighting Hanukkah candles one should
Question 3 of 10
An eyewitness to the events of Hannukah wrote which scroll in Hebrew?
Question 4 of 10
The military leader of the first phase of the revolt against the King in 167 BCE was
Question 5 of 10
Hanukkah is also known as...
Question 6 of 10
It has become customary for the Hanukkah menorah to have place for nine flames. Why is there a ninth candle, called the shamash?
Question 7 of 10
Which rabbinic work contains the story of the miraculous jar of oil that burned for eight days?
Question 8 of 10
A hanukkiyah
Question 9 of 10
Which of the following was a behavior prohibited by Antiochus?
Question 10 of 10
The paragraph beginning "Al Hanissim" is added to
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