I have a question about number five:
latkes have been a part of chanukah since the actual channuka story when Yehudis killed helophernes using cheese latkes and strong wine the tradition was to have cheese latkes until the jews in Russia didn't have cheese so they used potatoes so altho eating "doughnuts" dates back further than POTATOE latkes, CHEESE latkes predate doughnuts altogether
also how do we know for sure that what rambam is talking about is doughnuts? al sfinj could be as similar to doughnuts as potatoe latkes to cheese latkes
so wouldn't latkes be technically older than doughnuts?
I've always heard that yehudis used salty cheese so it would coase helophernes to need wine also the video says that the al sfinj stuff were more donut like than latkes but doesnt specify what they were made off
in my house my mother and grandmother sometimes make a morrocan donut which is called sfinj
I learned that Yehudis used salty cheese latkes to make helophernes thirsty and then gave him strong wine until he fell asleep when she used his sword to cut his head off. I'm not saying al sfinj isn't like doughnuts or is like latkes but maybe al sfinj is just as similar to nowadays doughnuts as cheese latkes are to nowadays latkes in which case latkes are much older
Why on friday the chankuah candels are lit BEFORE and the shabbat candels and not the other way?
This is because once Shabbat starts, we are forbidden by Torah law to light a fire, therefore the Chanukah candles must be lit first.