Chanukah Quiz
1. In what year (BCE) did the Macabeees rededicate the Great Temple of Jerusalem (Beit HaMikdash)?
2. What does the word Chanukah literally mean?
3. Which people did the Macabees reclaim the Beit HaMikdash from?
4. a. In the time of Alexander the Great, Israel was considered part of what country? b. Israel was considered a province of what empire?
5. What was the job of the provincial governors?
6. What name is given to Greek culture?
7. What type of god or gods did the Greeks worship?
8. Where were Greek laws written and how were these laws decided?
9. a. How did Alexander force people to accept his beliefs? b. How did his immediate successors do this?
10. What was Theos Epiphanes’ real name and what does this chosen name mean?
11. What policy did he introduce ?
12. Who was worshipped in the Beit HaMikdash under the rein of Antiochus IV?
13. What two things served as tests of political loyalty?
14. Give four examples of things that were prohibited and punishable by death?
15. In what town did the rebellion against Antiachus begin?
16. a. Where was this town? b. Near what modern town?
17. What event sparked the revolution?
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 2:37 PM
2 Comments:
1. I'm embarrassed to even guess - without googling, my best guess as to the Chashmonai revolt is somewhere around 130 to 150 B.CLE.
2. Dedication
3. The Greek-Syrians
4. Syria. (Persian empire).
5. Taxation primarily.
6. Hellenism
7. A pantheon of mythological gods.
8. Not sure I get the question? Where - Athens? or where were they written down?
10. Antiochus - and chosen name means divine revelation.
12. Zeus
13. Participation in gymnasium,
14. Learning torah, bris, prayer, marriage
15. Modi'in; North of Jerusalem - near modern Modi'in.
16. Pig in the Bet Mikdash.
Let's of guess work here - how'd I do?
Very well done Avi - forgive my nitpicking in these answers:
1. 165 BCE, close Avi!
2. correct, dedication
3. correct (my source just calls 'em Syrians, but you're more exact)
4. Syria, Greek Empire
5. My source says - to spread language, religion, and cultural practices of Greece throughout the realm
6.Yep
7.Yep (and godesses)
8. unclear Q - I meant in what form was t transcribed and the answer is it was essentially unwritten, highly changeable, subject to whims of ,local rulers
9. Under Alexander accepting Hellenism was considered a voluntary matter. The policy of tolerance and liberality was sustained by his successors
10. Antiochus #IV (who eventually ascended to the throne)
11. campaign to suppress Judaism and impose the riligion/culture of Greece
12. Olympian Zeus
13.Sacrificing to idols and partcipating in pagan rites
14. Shabbat, Festivals, Torah Study, Possessing books of Torah
15. Yep
16. northwest to be precise, near Lod
17. complement of troups attempted to compel a village elder to perform a pagan sacrifice
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