kreplach
Pronunciations
| kreplach | (KREP-lahkh) | listen |
Definitions
n. (Meat-)stuffed dumplings usually served in soup before Yom Kippur, on Purim, and the seventh day of Sukkot.
Example Sentences
"Should I serve kreplekh on Purim?"
"I once heard that kreplach enables cheaper cuts and mince to be served in a bekovede way which was necessary in der alter heim when poverty-stricken Yidden wanted to serve meat on semi-Yomtovim like erev Yom Kippur, Hoshanah Rabbah and Purim." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
קרעפּלעך kreplekh (singular קרעפּל krepl)
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
kreplekh, kreplech, kreplakh
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