HAMANTASCH Definition & Meaning

hamantasch

[ hah-muhn-tahsh, huhm-uhn-, hoom- ]

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noun

Jewish Cooking.

plural hamantaschen

a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hamantasch¹

< Yiddish homentash, equivalent to homen Haman + tash pouch, pocket (compare Middle High German tasche, Old High German tasca; akin to task )

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The Jewish Journal chided high-profile Jews in Hollywood, including Steven Spielberg, for failing to make their feelings about the Gaza conflict known, as though anyone gives a flying hamantasch what Spielberg thinks about Gaza.

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