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ב”ה ב׳׳ה Chabad Lubavitch of Your Town soulwiseWINTER 2017 / CHANUKAH 5778 A LITTLE NOSH FOR THE SOUL JOIN US! Chabad of Your Town PUBLIC MENORAH LIGHTING Dec. 17, 2017 7:30pm rabCELEBRATE our CHANUKAH Miracle. G y Dec 12-20 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Bluma Marcus EDITOR: Rabbi Shmuel Marcus DISTRIBUTION: Rabbi Avraham Green DESIGN: Nechama Design Coop, Carasmatic Design SECTION EDITORS: Dovid Zaklikowski Shira Gold Ben Sherman THANK YOU: Rabbi Mendel Laine, Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman, Rabbi Yudi Mann, Rabbi Chaim Fogelman, Mrs. Baila Olidort, Mr. Jerry Hirsch, Mr. Michael Levin, Lubavitch.com, Chabad.org and Shira Gold ©2017 by Soulwise Magazine (Over 250,000 copies printed internationally). All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any portion of This magazine in any form, without prior written permission from the publisher, exzcept by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages. Printed in the USA Winter 2017 / Chanukah 5778 Need a kids book gift idea? 4 Try A Touch of Chanukah. Written by Sylvia Rouss and illustrated by Boruch Becker, this exciting book, allows children to TOUCH Feeling an ancient jug of oil and FEEL a wooden dreidel, all while reading about the miracle Outnumbered? of Chanukah. Get it at Kehot.com READ THIS A letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of blessed memory. 4 he Chanukah Lights which are kindled in the dark- ness of night recall to our minds memories of the past: the war that the Hasmoneans waged against Thuge Syrian armies, their victory, the dedication of the Temple, the rekindling of the Menorah, the small quantity of oil that lasted for many days, and so on. Let's picture ourselves members of the little band of Hasmoneans in those days. We are under the domination of a powerful Syrian king; many of our brethren have left Holiday us and accepted the idolatry and way of life of the enemy. But our leaders, the Hasmoneans, do not commence ac- tion by comparing numbers and weapons, and weighing our chances of victory. The Holy Temple has been invaded by a cruel enemy. The Torah and our faith are in grave dan- Must Haves ger. The enemy has trampled upon everything holy to us and is trying to force us to accept his way of life which is that of idol worship, injustice, and similar traits altogether 1 foreign to us. There is but one thing for us to do-to adhere all the more closely to our religion and its precepts, and to 2 fight against the enemy even if we have to die in this fight. 3 And wonder of wonder! The huge Syrian armies are beaten, the vast Syrian Empire is defeated, our victory is complete. This chapter of our history has repeated itself fre- quently. We, as Jews, have always been outnumbered; many tyrants attempted to destroy us because of our faith. 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Visit Wemo.com MyBoxMitzvah.com great salvation.’ to learn more. Winter 2017 / Chanukah 5778 {history} By Shira Gold How the Jelly Doughnut Became a Religious Symbol Jewish? Winter 2017 / Chanukah 5778 hen you think of religious or spiritual Now here is how they made it to your house: When w symbols I’m sure candles and hand carved these groups migrated to Israel in the early twentieth golden shapes come to mind. But, who would century, fleeing the harsh anti-Semitism of Europe, they could’ve imagined that a sugar powdered jelly brought their delicious jelly-filled doughnuts with them, filled doughnut would be the sign of Divine intervention where they mingled with the North African fried-dough and G-dly miracles? tradition. But this is how it happened: The big moment begins But it would take more than just the mingling of Jew- at the golden menorah in the temple right after the mi- ish cultures to make the sufganiyot the powerful symbol raculous Chanukah era war that reclaimed the holy city. of Israeli Chanukah it is today. The Syrians had trashed the Jewish house of G-d and She says that credit must be given to the Israeli only a “pure jar of oil” remained untouched. The Jews Histadrut. Founded in 1920 in what was then British- return to the temple feeling victorious and excited that mandated Palestine, the national labor group’s aim was the lights of the menorah would shine again. Sadly, the to organize the economic activities of the Jewish “pure jar of oil” was only a one day supply and it would workers in the region. Founded on Russian socialist take eight days for new oil to be procured. Now, just principles, full employment was amongst its aims, as imagine the wide eyed Jews saying “the one day supply was the integration of the new Jewish immigrants of oil is lasting.” A miracle was happening before their making their ways to the country’s shores. weary eyes. It was a sign. It was a long awaited Divine motivation he latke, the classic fried potato pancake that and reminder of how awesome the Jewish people are. t was already associated with Chanukah cel- Years of oppression, harsh realities, unbearable condi- ebrations, is a dish that can easily be made at tions, all went up in smoke as the miraculous oil burned home. A perfectly filled and fried sufganiyot is a flame of hope, triumph, and Divine victory. In short, much more difficult. Even some of the most talented at- that's why we celebrate Chanukah and light the meno- home cooks will agree that the treat tastes better when rah and eat a jelly doughnut. left up to the professionals. Which is exactly what the I’m sure the maccabees never tasted a jelly doughnut. Histadrut wanted: a treat that involved professionals. So how did the classic sufganiyot become a Chanukah As many important Jewish holidays are concentrated staple? in autumn, the end of that season often brought a lull in work in Jewish quarters. By pushing the sufganiyot he first known recipe for a jelly doughnut, ac- as a symbol of the Festival of Lights, as opposed to the t cording to historian Gil Marks, can be found DIY-friendly latke, the Histadrut could encourage the in a 1532 German cookbook. The treat was creation of more jobs for Jewish workers. made by packing jam between two round By all accounts, the Histadrut’s efforts to promote slices of bread and deep-frying the whole thing in lard. the jelly doughnut worked. In modern Israel, over 18 (Ooops, not kosher, do not try this at home.) million sufganiyot are consumed in the weeks around Emelyn Rude writes about food for places like VICE the holiday, which averages out to over three doughnuts and TIME and was named a National Geographic Young per citizen. More people enjoy the fried treat than fast Explorer, so obviously she’s going to know how the jelly on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, doughnut became a religious symbol. and the Israeli Defense Forces purchase more than Rude says that “From its Germanic origins, the 50,000 of the doughnuts each day of the eight-day holi- dessert quickly conquered most of Europe. It became day to boost the morale of its troops. krapfen to the Austrians, the famous Berliners to the Sufganiyot can now be found everywhere. After all, Germans and paczki to the Polish. Substituting schmaltz as people all over the world have been discovering for or goose fat for the decidedly un-Kosher lard in their centuries, no one can say no to a truly delicious jelly fryers, the Jewish peoples of these regions also enjoyed doughnut.

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