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[gifs-of-puppets]

Happy Hanukkah!

[randomnessoffiction]

Happy Rugrats Chanukah!

[eretzyisrael]

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Happy Hannukah! 🕎

[matan4il]

Hello hello, sending hugs as always!

I was hoping you maybe be able to give me some inspiration for a small series of food photos I'm assembling for Channukah! I'm doing an 8 part series celebrating the different groups within Judaism to 1. Be loudly and proudly Jewish at this current time, and 2. raise awareness for non-ashki Jews. In the UK it's super hard to find many non ashki peeps which makes it hard to chat to people about other classic Channukah foods, but I was wondering if you knew of any particularly good ones (that aren't latke or sufganiyot)? Would hugely appreciate any suggestions you have!!

Hi darling, sending you the biggest hugs right back! <3

Oooh, Hanukkah foods! I'm not gonna lie, some of my fave Jewish foods come from this holiday. With your permission, I'll give a small introduction, just for anyone reading, who might be unfamiliar with Hanukkah, and curious... and also talk about some of the lesser known Hanukkah food traditions among European Jews, too.

So during Hanukkah, we celebrate a miracle that happened with the oil at the Temple in Jerusalem. After the Jews defeated the occupying Greek forces that had desecrated our Temple, we wanted to light again the eternal flame of the Menorah (the Temple candelabra) with olive oil, but after the destruction caused by the Greek forces, there was only enough left for one day, and it would take 8 days to get more oil. The miracle is that somehow, that small amount of oil lasted for the whole 8 days, meaning the light didn't go out again. To remember this miracle, we eat food fried in oil! Being Jewish is so good for your health. XD

In shops and bakeries around Israel, there are already sufganiot being sold. They are YUMMY, and while some people call them "the Jewish donuts," I can say that after having eaten American donuts, I def think sufganiot are way yummier (in part 'coz they're not as "heavy" because the dough it's made of is fluffier? More... airy? Not sure how to say it, but I hope you get the idea). Also, you don't get robbed, because someone made a hole in the middle of the sufgania, taking out nearly half of it. The traditional type has strawberry jam injected inside, and sugar powder on top, but in Israel there are some crazy fancy kinds, and every year they seem to become more extravagant.

Traditional sufganiot (you can see a bit of the jam on top, but half the fun is biting and getting to the "treasure" of lots of jam at the center of the sufgania):

Fancy sufganiot:

Then there's the latkes, or as they're called in Hebrew, levivot. They're like savoury pancakes made out of potatoes, and obviously they're fried in oil.

In many Jewish communities, there was a custom of giving kids special pocket money for Hanukkah. In Israel, this "money" is given in the form of chocolate "coins." I freaking loved this as a kid! It was fun unwrapping the "coins," eating the chocolate, and then (assuming I was careful when peeling them off), make a collection of the different "coins," or just play with the wrap.

Greek Jews used to make a bread from potatoes and yogurt:

Georgian Jews made levivot out of corn flour (sometimes filled with cheese), or out of potatoes AND nuts, giving it the shape of a big omelette. Here's the corn flour version:

Czech Jews had a custom saying goose is the best meat, so for Hanukkah, they often ate goose related dishes. For example, they would make levivot from potatoes, eggs, sugar, lemon and goose fat.

French and Swiss Jews would make levivot out of apples.

The Jews of Iraq, Algeria and Buchara (which is in Uzbekistan) used to put the Hanukkah pocket money for the kids inside honey cakes. In Algeria and Buchara they also sometimes made levivot with meat added inside.

The Jews of Romania and Austria used to light potato Hanukkah candles! This was likely because they were so poor. Still, a pretty cool thing, when you can light your candle, and eat it (or at least a part of it), too.

In northern Africa, Jews used to make a type of cookie called Debla (sometimes nicknamed "dough roses"), which originated in Libya. They're usually eaten with a sweet syrup. It's more of a Purim dish (the equivalent of Hamantaschen), but was sometimes prepared for Hanukkah as well. Traditional Debla:

And a slightly "fancier" Israeli version:

Okay, maybe my fave Hanukkah dish! It's called sfinge (the 'ge' is pronounced like in "sponge"), and it's basically the Moroccan sufgania, which later became popular among Tunisia and Libya Jews, too. It can be round with a hole in the middle, it can be in the shape of a ball, while Libyan Jews make it flat. It's eaten with either honey or sugar powder, but again, in Israel fancier versions developed... I'm not a great cook, so IDK to explain why, but it's even fluffier than the sufgania, and that's why it's my personal fave.

Traditional sfinge with honey:

With sugar powder:

Israelis always having to make everything fancier:

They even made a savoury version of flat sfinge...

I hope this helps! Have a wonderful day, darling! xoxox

[kent-farm]

—Arrow, “Year’s End”

[gobblewanker]

I really wanted to get this done for the start of Hanukkah yesterday but got very busy. So have another Mabel-foray into electric clothing on the second day instead!

[five-is-a-princess-confirmed]

HAPPY HANUKKAH

[hiddurmitzvah]

59 days till Hanukkah!

[chippythedog]

Happy Hanukkah!

[fuzzystims]

gummy dreidels

x / x

[koshercosplay]

I’m not Jewish, but the impression I’ve gotten from your Chanukah product ratings is:

Don’t: recolor Christmas stuff silver and blue,

Do: add cats.

[my-jewish-life]

Happy first day of Hanukkah everyone ✡️

[jewbeloved]

🎄🎁MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY AND HAPPY HANUKKAH EVERYONE!!🎄🎁

I hope everyone has had a wonderful 2023 this year! I am once again apologizing for the lack of writings, I didn't have much motivation to write any headcanons or do requests. I promise by Jan 7th (2 days after my birthday) I will begin writing again❤️❤️

CARTMAN: Kahl! what the hell do you think you're doing?!

KYLE: What does it look like I am doing fatass?

CARTMAN: I don't remember Jews being allowed to celebrate Christmas!

KYLE: Yeah, I know that. Am I not allowed to wish the (Reader) a happy holiday as well?

STAN: Just ignore them (Name), anyways..Merry Christmas!

KENNY: *without hood on* Merry Christmas (Name)!❤️

*Cue Kyle and Cartman arguing back and forth while Stan and Kenny sit there with a happy look on their face since it's Christmas*

[weheartstims]

A Hanukkah stimboard for the first day of Hanukkah! Hanukkah Sameach!

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[cyarskaren52]

Let’s get it together, people. Celebrating Hanukah is in no way an endorsement of the state of Israel military policy.

Celebrate Hanukkah anyway