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Food: See Jewish Cooking; Kashrut; Pesach (Passover) Cooking Tips.
Bagel (BAY-g'l): Donut-shaped bread that is boiled before it is baked.
Blintz (BLINTS): Yiddish. A thin, crepe-like pancake rolled around a filling of potato and onion, cheese, or fruit.
Challah (KHAH-luh): A sweet, eggy, yellow bread, usually braided, which is served on Shabbat and holidays, confusingly named for the commandment to set aside a portion of the dough from any bread.
Cholent (TSCHUH-lent): A slow cooked stew of beef, beans and barley, which is served on Shabbat.
Food: See Jewish Cooking; Kashrut; Pesach (Passover) Cooking Tips.
Gefilte Fish (g'-FIL-tuh): Yiddish: lit. stuffed fish. A traditional Jewish dish consisting of a ball or cake of chopped up fish.
Holishkes (HOH-lish-kuhs): Cabbage leaves stuffed with meatballs served in a tomato-based sweet and sour sauce.
Knish (KNISH): Yiddish. A potato and flour dumpling stuffed with potato and onion, chopped liver or cheese.
Kugel (KOO-gul; KI-gul): Yiddish: pudding. A casserole of potatoes, eggs and onion, or a dessert of noodles, fruits and nuts in an egg based pudding.
Matzah Ball Soup: Thin chicken soup with dumplings made from matzah meal.
Meal Offerings: An offering of meal or grain.
Nesekh: An offering of undiluted wine.
Tzimmes (TSIM-is): Yiddish. A sweet stew. The word can also refer to making a big fuss over something.

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Jewish Cooking: Learn about the nature and significance of various traditional Jewish foods. Includes recipes for many of them.
Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws: Learn about the Jewish dietary laws of kashrut (kosher), why we observe these laws, the various foods and combinations that are forbidden, and the certification of kosher foods.
Pesach (Passover) Cooking Tips: Suggestions and tips to help you plan meals for Pesach (Passover). This page focuses on the many things that you can eat, instead of the usual focus on things you can't eat.
Pesach: Passover: Learn about the Jewish holiday of Passover, known to Jews as Pesach. Includes an outline of the seder (the family holiday ritual meal) and a recipe for charoset (a traditional seder food).

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Bagel (BAY-g'l): Donut-shaped bread that is boiled before it is baked.
Birkat Ha-Mazon (BEER-kaht hah mah-ZOHN): Lit. blessing of the food. Grace after meals. The recitation of birkat ha-mazon is commonly referred to as bentsching.
Bishul Yisroel: A rule of kosher food preparation that requires a Jew to be involved in the cooking in some circumstances.
Blintz (BLINTS): Yiddish. A thin, crepe-like pancake rolled around a filling of potato and onion, cheese, or fruit.
Challah (KHAH-luh): A sweet, eggy, yellow bread, usually braided, which is served on Shabbat and holidays, confusingly named for the commandment to set aside a portion of the dough from any bread.
Cholent (TSCHUH-lent): A slow cooked stew of beef, beans and barley, which is served on Shabbat.
Cholov Yisroel: A rule of kosher food preparation that requires a Jew observe milk from the time it is milked to the time it is bottled.
Cooking: See Jewish Cooking; Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws.
Fleishik (FLAHYSH-ik): Yiddish: meat. Used to describe kosher foods that contain meat and therefore cannot be eaten with dairy. See Kashrut - Separation of Meat and Dairy.
Food: See Jewish Cooking; Kashrut; Pesach (Passover) Cooking Tips.
Gefilte Fish (g'-FIL-tuh): Yiddish: lit. stuffed fish. A traditional Jewish dish consisting of a ball or cake of chopped up fish.
Hekhsher (HEHK-sher): A symbol certifying that food or other products satisfy Jewish dietary laws and are kosher.
Holishkes (HOH-lish-kuhs): Cabbage leaves stuffed with meatballs served in a tomato-based sweet and sour sauce.
Kitniyot (kit-NEE-yot; kit-NEE-yos): Foods that are prohibited during Pesach (Passover) by the rulings of Ashkenazic rabbis. Sephardic Jews do not follow these restrictions. Includes rice, corn, peanuts, and legumes (beans).
Knaydelach (KNAY-duhl-ahkh): Yiddish: dumplings. Commonly refers to matzah balls. Can also be used as a term of affection for small children. See Jewish Cooking.
Knish (KNISH): Yiddish. A potato and flour dumpling stuffed with potato and onion, chopped liver or cheese.
Kosher (KOH-sher): Lit. fit, proper or correct. Describes food that is permissible to eat under Jewish dietary laws. Can also describe any other ritual object that is fit for use according to Jewish law.
Kugel (KOO-gul; KI-gul): Yiddish: pudding. A casserole of potatoes, eggs and onion, or a dessert of noodles, fruits and nuts in an egg based pudding.
Lox (LAHKS): Smoked salmon. Commonly served on a bagel.
Mashgiach: A person who certifies that food is kosher.
Matzah Ball Soup: Thin chicken soup with dumplings made from matzah meal.
Matzah Meal: Crumbs of matzah, commonly used in Jewish Cooking in much the same way that other cultures use flour or bread crumbs.
Meal Offerings: An offering of meal or grain.
Milchik (MIL-khig): Yiddish: dairy. Used to describe kosher foods that contain dairy products and therefore cannot be eaten with meat. See Kashrut - Separation of Meat and Dairy.
Minchah (MIN-khuh): 1) Afternoon prayer services. See Jewish Liturgy. 2) An offering of meal or grain. See Food and Drink Offerings.
Nesekh: An offering of undiluted wine.
Pareve (PAHR-ev): Yiddish: neutral. Used to describe kosher foods that contain neither meat nor dairy and therefore can be eaten with either. See Kashrut - Separation of Meat and Dairy.
Pork: One of the many foods forbidden under Jewish dietary laws. The prohibition against eating pork is the one best known, because throughout history people have oppressed Jews by forcing us to eat pork.
Recipes: See Jewish Cooking.
Seder Plate (SAY-d'r): A plate used during the family home ritual conducted as part of the Passover observance. The plate has a place for each of the food symbols of the holiday: Karpas (a vegetable usually parsley), Maror (bitter herbs, usually horseradish), Chazeret (a second bitter herb, usually romaine lettuce), Charoset (a mixture of apples, nuts, cinnamon and wine), a bone (symbolizing the Pesach sacrifice) and an egg (never discussed, and there are many theories what it means). See Pesach (Passover) and Pesach Seder: How Is This Night Different.
Shalach Manos (SHAH-lahkh MAH-nohs): Lit. sending out portions. The custom of sending gifts of food or candy to friends during Purim.
Treif (TRAYF): Lit. torn. Food that is not kosher.
Tzimmes (TSIM-is): Yiddish. A sweet stew. The word can also refer to making a big fuss over something.

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