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Feast on baked brisket and tzimmes during Hanukkah
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“Not Too Well” stewed brisket is braised in red wine, onions, tomatoes and spices. - photo by Roberto Rodriguez
It’s all a matter of cause and effect. The cause is that in 164 B.C., a group of Jews led by Judah Maccabee captured the former Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, which had been turned into a pagan shrine by brutal King Antiochus IV. The effect is Jews today eat latkes for Hanukkah. Latkes — potato pancakes — are a delicious reminder of the Hanukkah story.