Quitli, Quitlok, Kvitlech, Kvitlach Kvitlech, also spelled Kvitlach or Quitlok! a game similar to blackjack played in some Jewish homes during the Hanukkah season Hanukkah card playing was a traditional cover for Torah study, which had been outlawed for Jews by a Syrian-Greek king in the 2nd century BCE The original kvitlech deck consisted of 31 numbered cards, artistically colored, representing the 31 kings against whom the Israelites fought under Joshua, a biblical prelude to the Maccabean victory Limited edition!