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Origins of Hanukkah (3:40)

Hanukkah celebrates the triumph of Jewish people over religious persecution.

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  • Origins of Hanukkah
    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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A Jewish holiday, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C.

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