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Culinary Heritage

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In this story, we learn about the layered cultural history of Israeli cuisine, how waves of migration shaped what Israelis eat, and why questions of culinary authenticity are more complicated than they appear.

ha'mitbachהַמִּטְבָּחthe kitchen
ha'yisre'eliהַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִיthe Israeli
huהוּאhe/it (m.)
totsa'aתּוֹצָאָהresult
shelשֶׁלof
ha'giraהֲגִירָהimmigration
u'kmoוּכְמוֹand like
kolכָּלevery
totsa'aתּוֹצָאָהresult
shelשֶׁלof
ha'giraהֲגִירָהimmigration
huהוּאhe/it (m.)
amusעָמוּסfull
be'she'elotבְּשְׁאֵלוֹתwith questions
she'anashimשֶׁאֲנָשִׁיםthat people
ma'adifimמַעֲדִיפִיםprefer (m. pl.)
loלֹאnot
lish'olלִשְׁאוֹלto ask
be'aruchatבְּאֲרוּחַתat meal of
erevעֶרֶבevening

Israeli cuisine is a result of immigration, and like any result of immigration, it is full of questions that people prefer not to ask at dinner.

ke'she'galeiכְּשֶׁגַּלֵּיwhen waves of
aliyaעֲלִיָּהimmigration
shonotשׁוֹנוֹתdifferent (f. pl.)
higi'uהִגִּיעוּarrived (pl.)
la'eretsלָאָרֶץto the land
kolכָּלeach
achatאַחַתone (f.)
hevi'aהֵבִיאָהbrought (f. sg.)
etאֵתdefinite direct object marker
ha'mitbachהַמִּטְבָּחthe kitchen
shelaשֶׁלָּהּof her
she'nishmarשֶׁנִּשְׁמַרthat was preserved
histagelהִסְתַּגֵּלadapted (m. sg.)
ve'hitmazegוְהִתְמַזֵּגand merged (m. sg.)
imעִםwith
maמַהwhat
she'hayaשֶׁהָיָהthat was (m. sg.)
kanכָּאןhere
ve'imוְעִםand with
maמַהwhat
she'higiaשֶׁהִגִּיעַthat arrived (m. sg.)
acharehaאַחֲרֶיהָafter her

When different waves of immigration arrived in the country, each brought its own cuisine, which was preserved, adapted, and merged with what was here and with what came after it.

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