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A birthday cake iced with the words mazal tov, often done in Israel. Here the phrase is written in Hebrew cursive . " Mazel tov " ( Yiddish : מזל טוב , romanized : mázl tov ) or " mazal tov " ( Hebrew : מזל טוב , romanized : mazál tov ; lit. "good fortune") is a Jewish phrase used to express congratulations for a happy and ...
Modeh Ani. מודה אני . Modeh Ani is a short prayer recited first thing after waking in the morning. Thanking God for all he does. Elohai Neshamah. אלהי נשמה . Thanking God for restoring the soul in the morning. Said following washing the hands and Asher Yatzar blessings.
Berakhah. In Judaism, a berakhah, bracha, brokho, brokhe (Hebrew: בְּרָכָה; pl. בְּרָכוֹת, berakhot, brokhoys; "benediction," "blessing") is a formula of blessing or thanksgiving, recited in public or private, usually before the performance of a commandment, or the enjoyment of food or fragrance, and in praise on various occasions.
Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.
The earliest known record in a Jewish source of a cake called lekach, from the Middle High German lecke, 'to lick', [4] was in the Medieval ages in Sefer ha-Rokeach by Eleazar ben Judah of Worms, Germany. [1] Many Ashkenazi versions by the 13th century were influenced by or based on Lebkuchen or Honigkuchen (honey cake) recipes found in Germany ...
A babka is a sweet braided bread which originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine. [5][6][7][8] It is popular in Israel (often referred to as simply a yeast cake: עוגת שמרים) [citation needed] and in the Jewish diaspora. It is prepared with a yeast -leavened dough that is rolled out and spread with a filling such as ...
Farbrengen. A farbrengen (/ fɑːrbrɛŋɡɛn /, Yiddish: פארברענגען, lit. ' [joyous] gathering'; ‹See Tfd› German: verbringen "to spend [time/solidarity/festivity together]") is a Hasidic gathering. This term is only used by Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim, as other Hasidim have a tish or a botteh. It may consist of explanations of ...
Simnel cake - symbolically associated with Lent & Easter and particularly Mothering Sunday (the fourth Sunday of Lent). [34] Soul cake, soulmass-cake, or somas loaf - small bread-like cakes distributed on or around All Souls Day, sometimes known historically as soulmass or, by contraction, somas. The cakes commemorate the souls of the faithful ...