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Get Your Holiday(s) On! Hanukkah Latkes from Tamarisk
This year Hanukkah starts at sundown on Sunday, December 22nd, and runs until Sunday, December 30th. There are many traditions of Hanukkah – the most popular is the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, adding one candle each night, representing the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights. According to the Talmud, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day’s lighting.
In the area of traditional foods, latkes – sometimes referred to as potato pancakes – are served. Made in a variety of ways from fried to baked with sides of applesauce to sour cream, these foods keep the tradition of eating foods cooked with olive oil to commemorate the small flask of oil that lasted eight days.
Get Your Latkes!
Cooking your own latkes can take some skill. Whether you make them “from scratch” with shredded potatoes or use a mix, there are still factors such as having the oil hot enough, etc. So, here’s the best idea. Order them from our friends at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence – they will be selling potato latkes for your Hanukkah celebrations.
They are $12.50 per dozen, and orders MUST BE PLACED BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 16TH. Checks can be made payable to Tamarisk Inc. Call and reserve your order today. 401-732-0037 ext. 143.
Pickup at Tamarisk is on Sunday, December 22nd, from 9am to 1pm – they are also planning a Providence pickup location at a place to be announced soon.
To find out more about the Tamarisk community or to arrange a personalized tour, please contact:
Susan Adler, Director of Marketing & Outreach, [email protected], 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick.
Tamarisk is a Kosher Assisted Living Residence, supervised by Vaad Harabonim of America. Learn more at www.TamariskRI.org
Note: If you are in the market for a menorah, the best place we know of is the gift shop at The Miriam Hospital – they are beautiful, affordable and will make a family heirloom for many years. Just go in the front door, turn right, and say RINewsToday sent you.