#but the latkes are not insignificant

[outsideyourhousewithaknife]

Common reactions when feeding goys latkes:

Ew, it's hot and greasy

Ew, it's damp and cold

OH MY GOD THANK YOU THANK YOU I LOVE YOU FOREVER

Please bring me more

This is the first time I've ever felt lust (???)

Aren't these just hash browns?

Lockouts? Lock what nows?

[theawkwardterrier]

I don’t know which of my fellow Jews needs to hear this, but...it’s ok for you to love Chanukah. There’s a lot of emphasis right now on the relative religious insignificance of the holiday - it’s a way to push back against its inclusion in the prevailing emphasis on Christmas and that’s valuable in its own way, but I hope that no one allows that to take away their enjoyment of the holiday itself. Love the dreidels and latkes and sufganiyot, appreciate the candles, the songs, the blessings, enjoy Judah Maccabee and the miracle of the oil, the seemingly unstoppable army being taken down by a little group of rebels holding tightly to independence. Take pleasure and pride in the light in the darkness. (And if you get presents, no shame in enjoying them either!)

Sure, it’s not the biggest deal religiously, it’s not Rosh HaShana or Yom Kippur or Pesach, but it’s beautiful and fun and ours, so I hope yours is wonderful.

[jam-is-my-food]

eNOUGH CHRISTMAS HYPE IT’S TIME TO RATE HANUKKAH FOOD

sure! christmas is coming! and, you know what? i bet christmas is great! presents and shit!

but you know what’s coming even sooner?

HANUKKAH, THE INSIGNIFICANT, MINOR JEWISH HOLIDAY (it doesn’t even count as a chag, y’all) THAT HAS BECOME PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY JEWISH HOLIDAY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE IT FALLS NEAR CHRISTMAS!

and you know what else? i don’t even care! because holy fuck hanukkah food is good!

okay, let’s go through systematically. sufganyot? fuck yes. who knew that jelly donuts count as a jewish food? (i did! i knew that! as do other jews, i’d imagine!) gelt (the chocolate kind, not the money kind) is literally just? little coin-shaped pieces of chocolate? but holy shit it’s so good?

and then... there are latkes.

and latkes are just...

*slow, drawn-out chef’s kiss*

THEY’RE SO FREAKING GOOD OMG

(THERE’S ALWAYS BLOOD IN THEM OFC FROM MY MOM AND AUNTS’ POTATO PEELING INJURIES BUT YK YK THAT JUST ADDS SOME FLAVOR)

THEY ARE

SO AMAZING

AND I AM SO HAPPY

THAT I WILL SOON BE INGESTING THEM

PLEASE RB IF YOU’RE A JEW/LIKE LATKES/BOTH BECAUSE I’M SO SICK OF SEEING CHRISTMAS POSTS 

ADD LITERALLY WHATEVER YOU WANT THAT’S VAGUELY HANUKKAH RELATED IDC

ALR HAPPY ALMOST HANUKKAH YALL