Origins of Hanukkah (4:00)
Hanukkah celebrates the triumph of Jewish people over religious persecution.
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Origins of Hanukkah
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Hanukkah celebrates the triumph of Jewish people over religious persecution.
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Ask a Rabbi: Hanukkah
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What is Hanukkah? History.com's Ask a Rabbi explains Hanukkah and this Jewish holiday's customs.
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Latkes
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Latkes are traditional Jewish potato pancakes served during Hanukkah and Clinton Street Baking in New York City makes some of the best.
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Sufganiyot
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These traditional Jewish jelly doughnuts are cooked in oil to symbolize the oil lamps that burned for eight nights in the Hanukkah story.
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Hanukkah
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