Chanukah & Thanksgiving 2013 (Americans)

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Chanukah Jewish Rock of Ages - Official Hanukkah Song (Video) - YouTube

I enjoyed that one

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by veggienut

I enjoyed that one

Thanks. Erev tov.

[veggienut]

Now for Chanukah the tradition is latkes and for Thanksgiving it is Turkey. So what would the combo holiday be a tradition for Turkey Latkes~?

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by veggienut

Now for Chanukah the tradition is latkes and for Thanksgiving it is Turkey. So what would the combo holiday be a tradition for Turkey Latkes~?

No, it would be a Turkey stuffed with Latkes.

[JB from NC]

Originally Posted by veggienut

Now for Chanukah the tradition is latkes and for Thanksgiving it is Turkey. So what would the combo holiday be a tradition for Turkey Latkes~?

We're adding cranberry sauce to the choice of toppings (applesauce and sour cream) at our traditional latkes breakfast this year.

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

No, it would be a Turkey stuffed with Latkes.

Doesn't sound good, but then again I'm vegetarian and have been for like 30 years~!!

Originally Posted by JB from NC

We're adding cranberry sauce to the choice of toppings (applesauce and sour cream) at our traditional latkes breakfast this year.

Sounds pretty good to me

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by veggienut

Doesn't sound good, but then again I'm vegetarian and have been for like 30 years~!!

Okay, Tofurky stuffed with Latkes.

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Pruzhany

Okay, Tofurky stuffed with Latkes.

I don't eat Tofurkey anymore. Just the combo sounds awful I like cranberries and with them on laktes sounds more appetizing.

[Mejsito]

Hanukkah is a minor holiday (In Israel people do not even care about it at all).
Hanukkah is celebrated mainly because of Christmas so Jewish kids do not feel left alone and jealous. I read a book recently written by a Jewish professor about Hanukkah. She also argued that celebrating Hanukkah would hinder Jewish kids to convert to Christianity.

[iwishiwerethin]

Hanukkah is a minor holiday (In Israel people do not even care about it at all).

Chanuka is a Rabbinical holiday, as opposed to a Torah commanded one. This does not make it minor, merely Rabbinical.

Hanukkah is celebrated mainly because of Christmas so Jewish kids do not feel left alone and jealous. I read a book recently written by a Jewish professor about Hanukkah. She also argued that celebrating Hanukkah would hinder Jewish kids to convert to Christianity.

Chanuka, as it is still observed today, predates Christianity and has nothing to do with Christmas. It is merely coincidence that they both fall during the same season, although many secularized Jews just celebrate it to just "not feel left out."

The irony is that even Jews who violate Jewish law, claiming that Rabbis made up the rules, are big into "Hanukah", a clear Rabbinical holiday.