Easy Recipes for Your Purim Se'udah
The annual celebration of Purim continues today, with merrymaking foremost on everyone’s minds. To celebrate, we’ve got an easygoing Purim Se’udah menu that will leave you more time for fun and festivities. Chag Semeach Purim!
Let’s start with the hamantaschen. I’ve got a simple recipe that can be made in just a few steps. I went with a traditional, not-too-sweet prune filling, and these little cookies are amazing. Get the recipe here. Enjoy!
Now that we’ve got dessert taken care of, let’s move on to dinner.
Kreplach is a traditional beef or chicken soup with triangular dumplings. Here’s a great basic recipe.
Kelly has a terrific recipe for an easy chicken casserole based on her Bubbe’s recipe. For a lighter main course, try Jenny’s hoisin-glazed salmon.
Image: Jenny Rosenstrach
Julie’s sweet potato mash is an excellent, seasonal side.
Finally, how about some challah? Jaime’s festive pumpkin challah will be a great compliment to your holiday meal.
Image: Jaime Mormann Richardson
When Haman made his evil decree to annihilate all Jews, this was the only time in our history that a descendent of Amalek actually had the ability to carry out such a horrific ruling because all of the Jewish people were living in exile in one realm. The people were unified to the extent that the evil Haman’s hatred of one Jew, Mordechai, was the same as hatred of all. Hence, Esther inspired the Jewish Nation to make Teshuvah in unity as one body and one soul. Today, although we are spread out in all four corners of the Earth by Divine Providence, we are, once again, facing the same type of threat from the modern day Haman, the current prime minister of Persia threatening our Holy Land with nuclear weapons, G-d forbid. Thus, we need to surrender ourselves to the same Jewish unity that saved us before. The unity of our people is attainable now more than ever because internet technology has turned the entire globe into a single realm, leaving us as one people in exile in G-d’s Kingdom with one mind, one heart and one soul, rejoicing over the fact that we are a Holy Nation unto G-d assured of our final redemption with Mashiach. May all of you experience the extreme Joy of a Freilicha Purim, to be blessed with G-d’s abundance and with good health; “For the Jews, there was light and joy, gladness and honor—so let it be with us.” http://moshe-sharon-wordsmith.com