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Where did babka originate?
Eastern Europe
True or False: did babka look different in the early Eastern European times?
True
What do we light at hanukah?
Menorah
Illegal selling of bagels by children was commonly viewed as _______.
Respectable
When the Jews left _______ _______ in great masses for America, Canada and europe, many sold bagels.
Eastern Europe
Babka became a mainstay at Jewish bakeries in the New York area in the ___.
1970s
During the late _____ century immigrants from Europe took babka with them to the US where it became a fixture in Jewish bakeries
19th
In rosh Hashanah what is the plate called?
The Seder
New York is said to make the best, supposedly because of the _____ content of their water.
Mineral
Bagels are wonderful when very very, _______ and still spongy on the inside.
Freash
Babka is made with a dough that is similar to the dough used to make what?
Croissants
Babka is a ____ ____ that originated in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
Sweet bread
who are the three great kings of the Jews?
Saul, David, solomon.
In the old days, they where supposed to be a protection against demons and evil spirit, warding of the ________ and bringing good luck.
Evil eye
Purists will only have the original plain _____ bagels.
water
What does babka mean in Polish?
Grandmother
The original recipe was tweaked to add none traditional fillings like ____.
Nutella
What is the Jewish month that takes up most of March?
Adar
What does bagel mean in German?
Bracelet
Because of their shape, with no begging and no end, bagels symbolize the eternal _____ ______ ______.
cycle of life.
Babka was likely made from the left over ___ ___ which is a rich yeasted bread that’s enriched with eggs and oil.
challah dough
The dough was rolled up with fruit, jam, chocolate, or cinnamon and baked in a tall, ____ pan
Fluted
Who was the first prime minister of Israel?
David ben-gurion
Like challah, It is of South German origin, but it came into its own and took its definitive form in the polish ____.
Shtetl
For these reasons, they where served at _______ and when a woman was in labor and also at funerals, along with hard-boiled eggs.
Circumcisions