Starter quiz
- Shana Tova is a greeting for which Jewish festival?
- Rosh Hashanah ✓
- Yom Kippur
- Purim
- Hanukkah
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- Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of ...
- new year
- Passover
- atonement ✓
- tabernacles
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- Mitzvah is a ...
- promise
- warning
- good deed ✓
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- The festival that reminds Jews of God's power to save them and overcome evil is ...
- Yom Kippur
- Purim ✓
- Pesach
- Rosh Hashanah
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- Hamantaschen are ...
- triangular pastries ✓
- circular bread
- apples dipped in honey
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- Which of these Jewish festivals are about new beginnings and a fresh start?
- Yom Kippur ✓
- Shabbat
- Rosh Hashanah ✓
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Exit quiz
- Hanukkah is celebrated in ...
- spring
- summer
- autumn ✓
- winter
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- The seven branched candle holder in the story of Hanukkah is known as a ...
- 'Menorah' ✓
- Hanukkah recalls ...
- the victory and freedom of Jews when they were oppressed by the Greek King ✓
- Esther saving the Jews from oppression by Haman
- Moses taking the Hebrew people out of Egypt to escape slavery
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- What was the ‘miracle of the oil’?
- the oil and the menorah were saved from Antiochus
- the oil kept the menorah lit for eight days ✓
- the oil had been made in secret by Judah Maccabee
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- Put these events of the story of Hannukah into the correct order.
- 1⇔The wicked King Antiochus oppressed the Jews.
- 2⇔He stopped them from observing Shabbat, studying the Torah and forbade worship.
- 3⇔Judah Maccabee led a revolt against the king.
- 4⇔The temple was desecrated.
- 5⇔There was only a small jug of sacred oil left to light the menorah.
- 6⇔Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days and nights.
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Key learning points
- Hanukkah is a Jewish festival.
- It recalls the victory and freedom of Jews when they were oppressed by the Greek Empire.
- King Antiochus demanded that Jews bowed down to statues of him. Judah Maccabee and other Jews fought back.
- They repaired the temple and lit the oil lamp in the holiest place.
- The festival traditionally lasts for eight days to celebrate the miracle of the oil lasting eight days.
Common misconception
A menorah is just a decorative candle-holder.
A menorah has a deep significance for Jews as a symbol of G_d and the days of creation.
Keywords
Hanukkah - Jewish festival of light celebrated in Autumn
Oppressed - treated in a way that is cruel or not fair
Sacred - an object or place that is set apart to be holy
Desecrate - to destroy the sacredness of an object or place
Menorah - a seven-branched candle-holder used as a symbol of Judaism
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