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Those potato pancake things.
some people eat jelly donuts during Chanukah. Iquote]
The reason for both customs are one and the same:
doughnuts and patato pancakes are both oily food. and the miracle was wrought with oil.
another (yet little-known) food costum for Chanukah:
cheese.
this is because a lady named Yehudit (transalated as Judith) lived in the times preceding the miracle. a genrael of Antiochus forced her to lodge him in her tent. she fed him CHEESE so he became thirsty. she then served him wine to quench his thirst. then he fell into a drunken stupor, at which she cut off his head. this seriously injured the Greek presence in Israel, allowing the Maccabees to win, then dedicating the temple and causing the miracle of lights to happen.
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