Do have an obligation to eat oily foods on Chanukah? | Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Do have an obligation to eat oily foods on Chanukah? | Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Chaim Mintz

The reason why we eat donuts and latkes on Chanukah is because it is supposed to remind us about the miracles that came through oil. It isn't an obligation, and one does not need to eat oily foods on Chanukah.

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