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==Dairy, Sufganiyot, and Latkes== | ==Dairy, Sufganiyot, and Latkes== | ||
# The minhag is to eat dairy foods on [[Chanukah]], in commemoration of the miracle that happened with the righteous woman Yehudit, who tricked and killed the enemy using dairy. <Ref> Rama 670:2, Kitzur S”A 139:71, Chayei Adam [[Chanukah]] 154:3, Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:12). See Nitei Gavriel who writes that the Sephardim don’t have this minhag | # The minhag is to eat dairy foods on [[Chanukah]], in commemoration of the miracle that happened with the righteous woman Yehudit, who tricked and killed the enemy using dairy. <Ref> Rama 670:2, Ran Shabbat on Rif 10a (brought in Bet Yosef 675), Maharshal Teshuva 85, Kitzur S”A 139:71, Chayei Adam [[Chanukah]] 154:3, Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:12). See Nitei Gavriel who writes that the Sephardim don’t have this minhag. However, Ben Ish Chai (Vayeshev (first year) #23) records this as a Sephardic minhag although he adds in Halacha 24 that the incident of Yehudit happened many years prior to the [[Chanukah]] story. Kaf Hachaim 670:17 agrees. see [http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/2788472/jewish/Cheese-and-Dairy-on-Chanuka.htm Cheese and Dairy on Chanuka Chabad.org] </ref> | ||
# There is a Minhag to eat Sufganiot and Latkes that are fried in oil because the miracle of [[Chanukah]] happened with the oil of the menorah. <Ref> Sarid UPalit (pg 8) translates a letter of Rabbi Maimon (father of Rambam) who writes that one shouldn’t be lenient in any Minhag and specifically mentions the Minhag is to make Sufganiot on [[Chanukah]] to publicize the miracle of the oil. This minhag is mentioned by the poskim including Yalkut Yosef 671:15 and Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:13). Halichot Shlomo (Moadim, vol 1, pg 318) adds that perhaps the minhag is to have Sufganiyot because in [[Al HaMichya]] we say Al Mizbechecha remembering the Mizbe’ach which had to be put in genizah because of the Greeks. Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:13) adds that the minhag is to have Latkes. </ref> | # There is a Minhag to eat Sufganiot and Latkes that are fried in oil because the miracle of [[Chanukah]] happened with the oil of the menorah. <Ref> Sarid UPalit (pg 8) translates a letter of Rabbi Maimon (father of Rambam) who writes that one shouldn’t be lenient in any Minhag and specifically mentions the Minhag is to make Sufganiot on [[Chanukah]] to publicize the miracle of the oil. This minhag is mentioned by the poskim including Yalkut Yosef 671:15, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka pg. 18, and Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:13). Halichot Shlomo (Moadim, vol 1, pg 318) adds that perhaps the minhag is to have Sufganiyot because in [[Al HaMichya]] we say Al Mizbechecha remembering the Mizbe’ach which had to be put in genizah because of the Greeks. Nitei Gavriel ([[Chanukah]] 51:13) adds that the minhag is to have Latkes. see[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/823965/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/halachos-of-sufganiyot/ Halachos of Sufganiyot] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz </ref> | ||
==Learning on Chanuka== | ==Learning on Chanuka== |