Hanukkah Quiz

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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
The Torah is read only once during Hanukkah.
Question 2 of 10
We can see the development of both the Hanukkah and the stories associated with it in
Question 3 of 10
In the apocryphal story of Judith and Holofernes, Judith feeds the king cheese and wine so that she can...
Question 4 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 5 of 10
The “Scroll of Antiochus”, a megillah for Hanukkah, was written in the Talmudic period in what language?
Question 6 of 10
Hanukkah is also known as...
Question 7 of 10
An eyewitness to the events of Hannukah wrote which scroll in Hebrew?
Question 8 of 10
A Hanukkiyah should be placed
Question 9 of 10
A special scroll that contained many legends about Hanukkah and was once read on the holiday is called
Question 10 of 10
The military leader of the first phase of the revolt against the King in 167 BCE was
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