tagged: Late Middle Ages • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

בְּכִסְלֵו – מאבן בֹחן | On Kislev, from the poem “Even Boḥan” by Rabbi Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir (1322)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Susan Weingarten (translation) and Ḳalonymus ben Ḳalonymus ben Meir

Categories:

Ḥanukkah, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)

Tags:

14th century C.E., the Rainbow, Megillat Antiokhus, Late Middle Ages, Even Boḥan, anti-predatory, dairy foods, 51st century A.M., Megillat Yehudit

Before potatoes entered the diet of Ashkenazi Jews, latkes were cheese pancakes, or cassola, as described in “Even Boḥan” (Touchstone), a satyrical poem by Rabbi Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir (b.1286-died after 1328). . . .