mezonot

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Pronunciations

mezonot (meh-zoh-NOHT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Grain-based foods such as cake and cereal, except for bread.

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • מְזוֹנוֹת

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      mezones, mezonos

Notes

  • This usage comes from the blessing that must be said before eating. For bread, hamotzi is used, while for other grain-based foods mezonot is used.

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