Welcome to the World Mizrachi Chanukah Challenge!

With Dovi as your guide, work your way through the following eight challenges.
By solving each one, you’ll reveal the missing codewords needed for the final challenge.

בהצלחה!

 

Download the accompanying worksheets where the answers to the challenges should be entered: Click here to download

 

CHALLENGE #1

Watch the following video and answer the question on the worksheet:

 

 

CHALLENGE #2

Watch the following video, complete the crossword puzzle to reveal the highlighted codeword, and then enter the answer on the worksheet:

 

1. In which city did the rededication of the Beit HaMikdash take place?
2. What element of the Chanukah story began in Modi’in?
3. For how many years did archeologists excavate the Modi’in area before the modern city started to be officially developed?
4. In whose footsteps does Dovi want to follow by joining the Israel Defense Forces?
5. In which year of the common era did excavations of the Modi’in area begin: nineteen eighty ____ ?

 

 

CHALLENGE #3

Watch the following video, find the words on the clay shards, and then answer the question on the worksheet:

 

CHALLENGE #4

How can someone today make an oil lamp like in ancient times?
Put the following steps in order to reveal the next codeword.

 

CHALLENGE #5

Watch the following video, then look at the coin grid below to find the next codeword, and enter it on the worksheet:

 

This photo features Hasmonean era coins that have been found in central Israel.
Which coin motif has been found most commonly?

 

CHALLENGE #6

Watch the following video, then find the correct path through the maze below, and then complete the challenge on the worksheet:

 

This maze is based on an actual fresco discovered at Umm El Umdan.
It is now on display in the Hasmonean Heritage Museum.

Only the letters upon the correct path through the maze will reveal the next codeword:

 

 

CHALLENGE #7

Read the text below and decipher the codeword.

 

Kehillot (congregations) from all over the area gather over the course of Chanukah at the site of the Second Temple Era synagogue in Modi’in. How profound it is to witness the modern residents connecting to their ancient roots. This is a photo of a local kehilla reading the special Torah portion for Chanukah.

Below is part of the Torah text read on Chanukah. These ancient words are the foundation for the modern Hebrew that we speak today.

 

From the Chanukah Torah Reading – במדבר פרק ז

א וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת משֶׁה לְהָקִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת כָּל כֵּלָיו וְאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת כָּל כֵּלָיו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם:

ב וַיַּקְרִיבוּ נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי בֵּית אֲבֹתָם הֵם נְשִׂיאֵי הַמַּטֹּת הֵם הָעֹמְדִים עַל הַפְּקֻדִים:

ג וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת קָרְבָּנָם לִפְנֵי ה’ שֵׁשׁ עֶגְלֹת צָב וּשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר בָּקָר עֲגָלָה עַל שְׁנֵי הַנְּשִׂאִים וְשׁוֹר לְאֶחָד וַיַּקְרִיבוּ אוֹתָם לִפְנֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן:

ד וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל משֶׁה לֵּאמֹר:

ה קַח מֵאִתָּם וְהָיוּ לַעֲבֹד אֶת עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם אֶל הַלְוִיִּם אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֹ:

ו וַיִּקַּח משֶׁה אֶת הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֶת הַבָּקָר וַיִּתֵּן אוֹתָם אֶל הַלְוִיִּם:

ז אֵת שְׁתֵּי הָעֲגָלוֹת וְאֵת אַרְבַּעַת הַבָּקָר נָתַן לִבְנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם:

ח וְאֵת אַרְבַּע הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֵת שְׁמֹנַת הַבָּקָר נָתַן לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם בְּיַד אִיתָמָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן:

ט וְלִבְנֵי קְהָת לֹא נָתָן כִּי עֲבֹדַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֲלֵהֶם בַּכָּתֵף יִשָּׂאוּ:

י וַיַּקְרִיבוּ הַנְּשִׂאִים אֵת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּיוֹם הִמָּשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיַּקְרִיבוּ הַנְּשִׂיאִם אֶת קָרְבָּנָם לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

יא וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל משֶׁה נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם נָשִׂיא אֶחָד לַיּוֹם יַקְרִיבוּ אֶת קָרְבָּנָם לַחֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

יב וַיְהִי הַמַּקְרִיב בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן אֶת קָרְבָּנוֹ נַחְשׁוֹן בֶּן עַמִּינָדָב לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָה:

יג וְקָרְבָּנוֹ קַעֲרַת כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָה:

יד כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹרֶת:

טו פַּר אֶחָד בֶּן בָּקָר אַיִל אֶחָד כֶּבֶשׂ אֶחָד בֶּן שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה:

טז שְׂעִיר עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת:

יז וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתּוּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן נַחְשׁוֹן בֶּן עַמִּינָדָב:

 

To decipher the next codeword, match the modern Hebrew words below with their ancient word-ancestors in the order that they appear in the Chanukah Torah reading above. 

 

MODERN HEBREW WORDS

A וַעֲדָה/וַעַד = committee, board

C כְּתֵפָה = suspender 

R עוּבדָה = fact

I פִּקוּד = command

S קַטָר = locomotive 

M  הַקדָשָׁה = dedication

E כַּסֶפֶת = safe box

L חֲנִיכים = campers

 

CHALLENGE #8

The real challenge of Chanukah is how on earth do we choose which sufganiya to enjoy?
By dedicating time to your own experience of Chanukah as you’ve done today, you build the pride of our people and help spread the light of the miracle Hashem did for us in those days at this time. 

But the fun isn’t done!

With the seven codewords you discovered, you are armed with everything you need for a bonus Chanukah activity.  

WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE?

GAME

AND/OR

KAHOOT

To receive an educator’s pack including a lesson plan and more, please email ravbentzi@mizrachi.org