kreplach - Jewish English Lexicon

kreplach

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Pronunciations

kreplach

(KREP-lahkh)

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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)

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Languages of Origin

Yiddish

Etymology

קרעפּלעך kreplekh (singular קרעפּל krepl)

Who Uses This

Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

North America
Australia / New Zealand
Great Britain
South Africa

Dictionaries

Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

kreplekh, kreplech, kreplakh

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