Hillel, Shamai, somebody’s grandma and the great Jerusalem sufganiyot debate

There was a fight at the grocery store last night.

Not the loud kind. The Jewish kind. The kind where no one raises a fist but several people raise competing sources.

It began near the sufganiyot, which should have been a clue.

The question was simple, which meant it was dangerous:

Is it permitted to eat sufganiyot before the first night of Hanukkah?

One man........

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