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Yom Kippur Recipes to Serve Before or After the Fast
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23 Recipes
Yom Kippur Recipes to Serve Before or After the Fast
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23 Recipes
While Jewish families traditionally spend Yom Kippur (October 1-2, this year) fasting instead of feasting, Yom Kippur recipes served before and after the fast can hold deep meaning. Many eat chicken before, a custom that stems in part from the medieval practice of kapparot, where a chicken is passed over one’s head three times before it’s slaughtered as a way of symbolically ridding someone of their sins by transferring them to the animal.
Léa Karsenty’s grandmother Sara still invites a rabbi over to her home in the south of France to slaughter several chickens in anticipation of the High Holidays. She plucks and cleans them before roasting one whole with cumin and paprika and simmering chicken thighs and beans in a spiced tomato sauce. In Kathy Berrie’s home, chicken is topped with a Moroccan lemon-saffron sauce that’s enriched with eggs, and in Eva Zaghdoun’s family, ground chicken patties are served with couscous.
To break the fast, sweets like orange blossom cookies called boulou and soups are often prepared. In Moroccan communities, it’s typically harira, a soup made with legumes like lentils and chickpeas and sometimes pasta as well. The custom was likely adopted from Muslim neighbors who prepare it for iftar, the evening meal to break the Ramadan fast. In Yemenite families, a yogurt soup called zom might grace the table.
Meanwhile, American-Ashkenazi families often pick up bagels and lox at a deli for for break fast, but homemade gravlax is a wonderful alternative. You can start the cure before the holiday and then slice the salmon just before serving.
Find all of these recipes and more below. Wishing you an easy fast and a meaningful Yom Kippur.
Looking for more Jewish recipes? Check out our archive and "The Jewish Holiday Table: A World of Recipes, Traditions & Stories to Celebrate All Year Long."
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