Chanukah Riddles and Trivia

Chanukah Riddles & Trivia

1. Before lighting Chanukkah candles on the 7th night of Chanukkah, Yehuda counted the wax candles that he had, to make sure that he had a total of 15 candles – i.e., 7 for tonight and 8 for tomorrow night. To his dismay, he realized that he only had 14 candles. But Yehuda was very witty, and without breaking any of the candles, somehow he managed to fulfill the mitzvah of lighting the Chanukkah candles on the 7th and the 8th nights of Chanukkah of that year, on a mehadrin min hamehadrin level, using just these 14 candles. Can you be witty and figure out how Yehuda did that?
2. On almost every motzei Shabbos we are reminded of Channukah! Do you know where? [Hint: Ma’ariv]
3. Where in Shiras HaYam is there a hint to the Maccabees?! [Hint: The roshei teivos (1st letters of each word) of four adjacent words in the Shirah, spell out the word מכבי]
4. During Chanukkah, on a Friday morning, Mr. Cohen went to the market to shop for a candle. After selling everything that he possible could, he had enough money to buy only one candle. Should he buy a candle for Shabbos or for Chanukkah?
5. Shimon was a young businessman. He was not married yet. Once, he took a long journey by ship from Spain to America. He was still on a ship when Chanukkah came. Does he have an obligation to light Chanukkah candles on the ship?
6. Where was the Menorah of the Beis Hamikdash standing - in the Courtyard (חצר) or in the Sanctuary (היכל)? Of course, everyone knows that it was inside the Sanctuary. If so why do we say in Al HaNissim: וְהִדְלִיקו נֵרוֹת בְחַצְרוֹת קָדְשֶׁךָ - “And they kindled candles in the Courtyards of Your Sanctuary”?!