Sufganiyot, Latkes, Sambusek (Oily Foods)
Oil-fried foods commemorating the oil miracle — regional: latkes, sufganiyot, sambusek.
Oil-fried foods commemorating the oil miracle — regional: latkes, sufganiyot, sambusek.
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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · c. 1563 CE
Eating oil-fried foods like latkes and sufganiyot during Chanukah commemorates the miracle of the cruse of oil that burned for eight days in the Temple. (Rabbi Joseph Caro) Discusses the custom of eat
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Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · c. 1875 CE
Eating oil-fried foods like latkes and sufganiyot during Chanukah commemorates the miracle of the cruse of oil that burned for eight days in the Temple. (Rabbi Israel Meir HaCohen) Elaborates on the c
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Eating oil-fried foods like latkes and sufganiyot during Chanukah commemorates the miracle of the cruse of oil that burned for eight days in the Temple. Documents regional variations of oil-fried food
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