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Chanukah Quiz

Test Your Chanukah Knowledge!

1. What is the best way to light the Menorah?
Beeswax candles
Olive oil
Wax candles
2. Which city in Israel do the best olives come from?
Tel Aviv
Tekoah
Jerusalem
Modin
3. How many candles do we light on the 3rd night of Chanukah, besides the Shamash, servant candle?
1
2
3
4
4. Why did it take 8 days to get fresh oil for the Menorah in the Bet Hamikdash?
It took a long time to travel
They had to get it from Egypt
They needed time to make it pure
They didn't have a centrifuge
5. What kind of olives are best for making olive oil?
Pure
Green
Black
Pickled
6. How many branches did the Menorah in the Temple have?
9
8
7
6
7. What was the miracle of Chanukah?
Victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks
Finding a jug of pure oil
The oil lasted for 8 days
all of the above
8. What did the Maccabees fight for?
A free country
Riches and wealth
For the right to practice Judaism
9. We light the candles from..?
Left to right
Right to left
Top to bottom
Bottom to top
10. What kind of foods do we eat on Chanukah?
With oil
Fat-free
With Cheese
With oil and cheese

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Posted: Dec 10, 2007
this was a little hard. i don't know what chanukah is really about these days.
Posted By Anonymous, burlinton, new jersey

Posted: Dec 9, 2007
cheese
since when do you have to eat cheese??!!
Posted By mendy, portland, ME,USA

Posted: Dec 9, 2007
RE: oil and cheese?
The cheese is in commemoration of how the brave heroine Yehudit used her wits, wine, cheese and a large serving of bravery to kill an enemy general as you can read in this story:
www.chabad.org/103019
Posted By Anonymous

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