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CHO-lent

Phonetics · CHO-lent

Slow-cooked Shabbat stew.

The overnight Shabbat stew — an Ashkenazi institution whose name's origin is itself a stew of theories.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

Deep records on the same shelf — food & table

חומוסKHU-mus פלאפלfa-LA-fel שקשוקהshak-SHU-ka במבהBAM-ba פתיתיםpti-TIM

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