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The Torah Matzav
Monday, May 30, 2022
Where's the cheesecake?
What to
bake for שבועות
(a) Seven-layer cake
(b) 3 cornered
kreplach- Haman Taschen
(c) Saffron Matzah
(d) Saffron cake
(e) 4 cornered
Challah
(f) Honey cake
(g) Butter
Challah
I couldn't find a source for cheesecake
on שבועות
The Sefer יוסף
אומץ ס' תתנ"ד writes the Minhag was to make a cake/kugel in the shape
of a (a) seven-rung ladder. The reason for it is because,
during Matan Torah, Hashem tore open all 7 heavens to show that
אין עוד מלבדו. The Minhag in many
German Kehilos was to bake for שבועות a seven-layer
cake for the seven weeks we counted.
The Sefer מנהגי
ישורון writes of the Minhag to eat (b) 3 cornered Kreplach (Haman Taschen)
to commemmerate Matan Torah דיהיב אוריאן תליתאי לעם תליתאי ע"י תליתאי ביום תליתאי בירחא תליתאי
The כל בו writes that
"the מנהג בכל ישראל* is to eat on שבועות, (c) Matzah with
Saffron".The Chok Yaakov O. Ch.494 has a (d) girsa “עוגה” (cake)
instead of Matzah. The כל בו gives the reason " because it is
משמח את הלב (brings joy to the heart)."
The כל בו also
writes to bake a (e) Challah with four corners (looks like two)
to remind us of the שתי הלחם and/or it symbolizes
"twins" (מזל סיון תאומים)
The רוקח writes that on
Shavuos morning you bring the children for the first
time in Shul and serve them a specially inscribed (f) honey
cake.
The משנה ברורה quotes
from the מגן אברהם to bake (g) one Challah with
butter. This will force you to have another Challah (זכר לשתי הלחם)
to eat with the meat.
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