Happy Hanukah

[juanjo]

To those who celebrate, enjoy these days as you love to do. I am in Puerto Vallarta, Jal. Mexico where we celebrated the 1st night down at Parque Cardenas off Calle Olas Altas. Everyone had a great time eating jelly donuts, latkes and watching the kids beat up a pinata shaped like a dreidel.

 

[mikeyank]

Thank you and best wishes to you juanjo and to Jews all over the world on this first day of The Festival of Lights. And by the way, we have a rather large menorah right here in Brooklyn in Prospect Park.

 

[Repareur]

 

[another1]

Happy Chanukah !

 

[mikeyank]

However you spell it, it is a beautiful holiday! How can you go wrong eating potato lakes, (pancakes) and eating jelly donuts. lol

 

[juanjo]

I prefer sour cream on my latkes but that is just a matter of personal preference. Great to see you are in the spirit of the seasn.

However you spell it, it is a beautiful holiday! How can you go wrong eating potato lakes, (pancakes) and eating jelly donuts. lol

 

[oldfart63]

I prefer sour cream on my latkes but that is just a matter of personal preference. Great to see you are in the spirit of the seasn.

Finally, someone else who prefers sour cream on his latkes! Latkes tend to be a bit greasy but that just makes them all that much better. My ex-wife is Jewish and one night during Hanukkah she asked her father why latkes were a tradition during the holiday. Without missing a beat I chimed in, "Because if light one it will burn for 8 days!" I'm glad he had a sense of humor!

Happy Hanukkah!

 

[Repareur]

Finally, someone else who prefers sour cream on his latkes! Latkes tend to be a bit greasy but that just makes them all that much better. My ex-wife is Jewish and one night during Hanukkah she asked her father why latkes were a tradition during the holiday. Without missing a beat I chimed in, "Because if light one it will burn for 8 days!" I'm glad he had a sense of humor!

Happy Hanukkah!

That was a good quip. And yes you are lucky he had a sense of humor. Lol. I would probably use ketchup like I do with most potato cakes or hash browns. That may be sacrilegious, but it’s not as bad as my nephews who puts ketchup on fried chicken.

 

[mikeyank]

That was a good quip. And yes you are lucky he had a sense of humor. Lol. I would probably use ketchup like I do with most potato cakes or hash browns. That may be sacrilegious, but it’s not as bad as my nephews who puts ketchup on fried chicken.

Next time you come to visit me in NYC, we will go to Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side and I will buy you some really good "potato latkes", and you can choose applesauce or sour cream, but no ketchup! LOL

Or maybe a nice pastrami sandwich!

 

[Repareur]

Next time you come to visit me in NYC, we will go to Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side and I will buy you some really good "potato latkes", and you can choose applesauce or sour cream, but no ketchup! LOL

Or maybe a nice pastrami sandwich!

I would love to go there. There was a name sake restaurant in Austin complete with old Style NYC Taxi on the roof. It was wonderful and I would love to go to the real one. Unfortunately the Austin one closed after 31 years. I understand there is one still open in Houston.

 

[oldfart63]

That was a good quip. And yes you are lucky he had a sense of humor. Lol. I would probably use ketchup like I do with most potato cakes or hash browns. That may be sacrilegious, but it’s not as bad as my nephews who puts ketchup on fried chicken.

If you think putting ketchup on fried chicken is bad, my mother-in-law put ketchup on STEAK!. Even if was the finest steak she could buy! We used to cringe when she did it. I think my father-in-law had a sense of humor because he converted to Judaism before marrying my mother-in-law. He actually was raised in a Lutheran Norwegian family. He used to refer to himself as the Viking Jew! His conversion was more than just for the marriage, though. He felt Judaism offered him a faith that he could abide.

 

[Repareur]

If you think putting ketchup on fried chicken is bad, my mother-in-law put ketchup on STEAK!. Even if was the finest steak she could buy! We used to cringe when she did it. I think my father-in-law had a sense of humor because he converted to Judaism before marrying my mother-in-law. He actually was raised in a Lutheran Norwegian family. He used to refer to himself as the Viking Jew! His conversion was more than just for the marriage, though. He felt Judaism offered him a faith that he could abide.

Old Fart, it is very interesting how people adjust to the faith of their partner or meet in the middle. Like a catholic and a baptist become Presbyterian. I find the Ivanka/Jerod situation interesting. But my partners uncle was very interesting. He was a faithful Baptist while his wife was a long time Petacostal. They did almost everything together but attended different churches on Sunday. Growing up, one of our good friends and faithful church members at the baptist church was married to a Jewish man. I don’t think he was a particularly religious man, but the wife came to our church and he stayed home and both were very happy.

 

[kgmets]

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Wow, that is one large menorah! Question: Why is Chanukah sometimes spelled Hanukah and visa versa?

 

[kgmets]

Next time you come to visit me in NYC, we will go to Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side and I will buy you some really good "potato latkes", and you can choose applesauce or sour cream, but no ketchup! LOL

Or maybe a nice pastrami sandwich!

That pastrami sandwich looks really good!

 

[mikeyank]

Wow, that is one large menorah! Question: Why is Chanukah sometimes spelled Hanukah and visa versa?

It is because it is actually a Hebrew word and the English spelling is basically a phonetic sounding out of the Hebrew word. There is a "ch" pronunciation for one of the characters in the word, as in "chutzpa", the ch is almost guttural. The woman's name Hannah is spelling Chana by religious Jews, so there is no correct spelling in English of a word in a foreign language using an alphabet that is not directly translatable.

Here are some choices according to Oxford dictionary.

Hannukah
Hanukah
Chanukkah
Channukah
Hanuka
Chanuka
Hannukkah
Hanukka

But however you spell it we are now celebrating the fifth day of the eight day holiday, so once again, Happy Chanukah, however you spell it in English!

 

[juanjo]

That was a good quip. And yes you are lucky he had a sense of humor. Lol. I would probably use ketchup like I do with most potato cakes or hash browns. That may be sacrilegious, but it’s not as bad as my nephews who puts ketchup on fried chicken.

If you had ever been in the service you would know that ketchup and tabasco go on everything!

 

[mikeyank]

I found this thread from 2018 but the sentiment is still the same. Despite the tragedy in Australia over the weekend the tradition of celebrating the miracle of the oil burning for eight nights is still an inspiration to all who celebrate.

From Chabad.org:

The Hanukkah story, which we commemorate each year on the 8-day festival of Hanukkah (Chanukah), is one of light over darkness. It celebrates the victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, who routed the Syrian Thomas-Greeks from the Holy Land and restored the Temple service. The culmination of the miracle was when a small bottle of pure oil—enough to fuel the Temple menorah for one day—burned for 8 days straight.

To any members of this forum who celebrate I wish you a very Happy Chanukah!

 

[juanjo]

Puerto Vallarta 2025, Parque Hidalgo. Latkes, jelly donuts, falafel, and a lot of fun. The Chabad boys managed to get me into tefillin, which has to be the first time since I was a teenager.

 

[juanjo]

I found this thread from 2018 but the sentiment is still the same. Despite the tragedy in Australia over the weekend the tradition of celebrating the miracle of the oil burning for eight nights is still an inspiration to all who celebrate.

From Chabad.org:

The Hanukkah story, which we commemorate each year on the 8-day festival of Hanukkah (Chanukah), is one of light over darkness. It celebrates the victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, who routed the Syrian Thomas-Greeks from the Holy Land and restored the Temple service. The culmination of the miracle was when a small bottle of pure oil—enough to fuel the Temple menorah for one day—burned for 8 days straight.

To any members of this forum who celebrate I wish you a very Happy Chanukah!

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Have a great holiday, mikeyank. And to all others who observe, the same wishes.

 

[kgmets]

All our condolences to our Jewish friends over the events in Australia and unfortuanately elsewhere and Happy Hanukkah.