kichel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish קיכל (kikhl).

Noun

kichel (plural kichlach)

  1. a sweet cracker or cookie in Jewish cuisine
    • 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 51:
      Even before the year 1800, there was a tendency to hold fancy Bar Mitzvah Seudot which led to sumptuary laws trying to limit the excess. Even so, in Eastern Europe, the party tended to be very modest, including some herring, kichel and schnapps.

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