Fried potato pancakes for hanukkah

To save this word, you’ll need to log in. If your dreidel is spinning beneath the glow of the menorah, it’s probably the Jewish festival of lights known as Hanukkah. The holiday celebrates the miracle of a small amount of oil—enough for one fried potato pancakes for hanukkah—burning for eight days in the Temple of Jerusalem.

Some families are already lighting their menorah or spinning a dreidel to celebrate Hanukkah. Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. The arrival of Hanukkah also brought joy, with its mix of fried foods — potato latkes and doughnuts — plus candles, gifts and the spinning-top game dreidel. Allison Klein, Washington Post, 19 Dec.

Revelers can also spin dreidel and play Connect 4 with Hanukkah gelt. Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. Robbie Medwed added a new Hanukkah decoration this year to his classroom at a private Jewish School in Atlanta: a 6-foot-tall inflatable T-Rex called Dinokkah, holding a dreidel and wearing a blue sweater with a menorah.