What do the Israelites eat on Hanukkah?

Answer 1

Special foods include potato pancakes (latkes) and jelly donuts (sufganiyot). Also, any foods fried in oil are traditional.

There isn't anything that could be called a "Hanukkah Dinner" though.
Pork, shellfish, and combinations of meat products and dairy products are not eaten by observant Jews during Channukah and all year around. There are no additional food prohibitions during Channukah. See also the attached Related Link.

Answer 2

Oily and fried foods are traditionally eaten at Hanukkah, in order to recall the miracle that took place when the Maccabees rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem following their victory over the Seleucid Empire. The story goes that, when they relit the Eternal Flame (נר תמיד or ner tamid), which is kept alight at all times in synagogues, they discovered that there was sufficient olive oil to keep it burning for just a single day. However, the oil miraculously lasted for the full eight days that were needed to prepare and consecrate more oil (this is the same reason that the Hanukkah menorah, also known as a hanukiyah, is lit).

Common foods include latkes - fried potato pancakes , sufaniyot - fried sweet doughnuts and other foods fried in olive oil.

Answer 3

It is traditional to eat foods made with oil. Potato latkes (potato pancakes) are traditional, though latkes can also be made out of other vegetables and ingredients such as sweet potatoes, zucchini, or mushrooms and wild rice. Also: sufganiyot (jelly donuts), and other foods cooked in oil are traditionally eaten during Hanukkah. This is to recall the miracle of the oil that is remembered during the holiday. When we reclaimed the Temple and rededicated it to God, there was only enough unsullied oil to burn in the menorah for one day. However, the oil miraculously lasted 8 days (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), which was the amount of time it took to make and transport new oil.
There is also a tradition of eating dairy foods during Hanukkah. This is in commemoration of Yehudit's bravery. She went into the enemy camp and fed their leader, Holofernes, salty cheese so that he would drink a lot of wine, becoming drunk. This allowed her to kill him and was a key turning point in the victory against the Syrian-Greeks.See also:

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Answer 4

Special foods include potato pancakes (latkes) and jelly donuts (sufganiyot). Also, any foods fried in oil are traditional.

Answer 5

Fried food in oil like patato pancakes and jelly doughnuts

Answer 6

Traditional Hanukkah foods include potato pancakes (latkes) and jelly donuts (sufganiot).

Answer 7

There are two food traditions during Channukah, to eat foods cooked in oil and to eat dairy foods.

Traditionally, potato latkes (pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) are eaten.

Answer 8

On Hanukkah, Jews have fried foods such as jelly donuts or potato pancakes.

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Answer 9

On Hanukkah, we eat foods fried in oil. Traditional foods include potato pancakes and donuts.