Ashkenazi Kreplach

7. Kreplach

Ashkenazi Jews traditionally eat kreplach—meat stuffed dumplings, cooked in chicken soup—on Purim. The meat represents judgment, and the dough represents compassion and mercy—a physical manifestation of our greatest hopes and prayers that G‑d in His all-encompassing mercy will also clothe His strength with compassion and overlook our negative traits.

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