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Hanukkah bingo

Hanukkah bingo is a game for one of the eight nights, after the candles are lit: the menorah, the dreidel, latkes, gelt and the story of the Maccabees, one word to a square. Download 30 different numbered cards with a caller sheet, call the words from the sheet or on screen, and check a winner by card number. Want a different list? Edit the words below.

Download 30 cards (PDF) Paper and print options Call it on screen

- keep it for next week and change the words to your own.

30 different numbered cards, two to a page, with a caller sheet on page one and a winner check by card number. Free, no sign-up. The same link prints the same cards next time.

Make your own set

Change the words or the numbers, the size and how many cards, and get a new PDF.

1What goes on the cards?

Add more words than squares - every card gets its own mix.

Pictures for early readers, ESL and speech therapy

Pictures are Fluent Emoji, one friendly style for every card.

Number range

Any range from 0 to 999.

One per student, up to 500. No two cards are the same.

Free, no sign-up. You get a PDF with a caller sheet on page one.

Card 1 - every card is different

Hanukkah Bingo

Family
Sufganiyot
Songs
Window
Brisket
Shamash
Applesauce
Rededication
Festival of Lights
Gelt
Chocolate coins
Shin
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Judah
Maoz Tzur
Kislev
Eight nights
Star of David
Latkes
Hey
Sunset
Sour cream
Lights
Oil for one day
Kugel
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The 40 words on these cards

  • Menorah
  • Shamash
  • Candles
  • Candle lighting
  • Eight nights
  • Festival of Lights
  • Dreidel
  • Nun
  • Gimel
  • Hey
  • Shin
  • Spin
  • Gelt
  • Chocolate coins
  • Latkes
  • Applesauce
  • Sour cream
  • Sufganiyot
  • Jelly doughnut
  • Olive oil
  • Brisket
  • Kugel
  • Maccabees
  • Judah
  • Temple
  • Jerusalem
  • Miracle
  • Oil for one day
  • Rededication
  • Kislev
  • Blessings
  • Maoz Tzur
  • Sunset
  • Window
  • Star of David
  • Blue and white
  • Presents
  • Family
  • Songs
  • Lights

How to play

Page one of the PDF is the caller sheet: every word with a box to tick. Cut the words into slips and draw them from a bowl, or read the sheet in a shuffled order. Chocolate gelt makes the best markers, as long as nobody eats them before the game ends. With the online caller on a TV or laptop, each word shows large for the whole table.

With the dreidel

Play one round of bingo each night, and let the dreidel decide the pattern: nun for a single line, gimel for a full card, hey for four corners, shin for an X. The winner of each night takes the pot of gelt, and the full card on the eighth night is the big finale. The patterns page shows every shape.

In class or Hebrew school

Thirty cards is one class. Read the story of the Maccabees and the oil first, then play: each word called is a chance to ask what it means and where it fits in the story. In a class that marks several winter holidays, play this set alongside Christmas bingo and New Year's bingo.

Questions

How many words are on the Hanukkah bingo cards?

The set has 40 Hanukkah words. Each 5x5 card shows 24 of them around a free space in the middle, in its own order, so no two cards are the same.

Can I add Hebrew words or family traditions?

Yes. Edit the list in the form below: add your family's foods, songs or names, and download new cards. The cards print Latin letters; Hebrew script is not supported yet, so write Hebrew words in transliteration.

What can I use as markers?

Chocolate gelt, dreidels or blue and white candies. Paper squares or coins work too.

Is it free?

Yes. The cards, the caller sheet, the online caller and the winner check are free with no sign-up.

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