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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A triangular pastry with a filling such as preserves or poppy seeds.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookie eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may be made from variously from poppy seeds, prunes, nuts, dates, apricots, fruit preserves, chocolate, caramel, or cheese.

Etymologies

  1. Yiddish המן־טאַש (haman-tash) (Wiktionary)
  2. Yiddish homentash : Homen, Haman + tash, pocket (from Middle High German tasche, from Old High German tasca). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “The Great Latke Hamantash Debate (2006) is a collection of "scholarly" presentations on behalf of the latke, the potato pancake traditionally served during Hanukkah, and the hamantasch, the triangular filled sweet pastry associated with Purim.”

    The Chicago Blog

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