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Dietary Rules

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Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions

Dietary Rules

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2.3. Foods eaten during Shavuot
Traditional holiday meals on Shavuot center around dairy foods. Milk is considered to be a symbol of the Torah, which nourishes the people directly, as milk does for a baby. Popular Shavuot foods include cheesecake, blintzes, and kugels. Some Sephardic Jews make a seven-layered bread called siete cielos (seven heavens), which is supposed to represent Mt. Sinai.

Lettuce Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pecans -- This Lettuce Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pecans was inspired by one Giora Shimoni enjoyed at Bonofait, a kosher cafe and patisserie in Israel.

Lemon Herb Baked Halibut – is served as a gefilte fish alternative for holiday dinners. It also makes a nice, light main dish for summer.

Barley and Roasted Vegetable Salad -- Barley is one of the Seven Species of Israel, and its harvest features prominently in The Book of Ruth, which is read during Shavuot, so it's a perfect menu addition for the holiday.

Steamed asparagus or Green Beans with Pecans and Date Syrup. Cheesecake, Blintz Souffle -- Baking the cheese-filled crepes into a sweet egg and sour cream-based custard is an ingenious way to doctor them into a crowd-pleasing casserole; starting with frozen blintzes cuts down on the fuss and makes this a quick dish to prepare.

Heirloom Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese and Arugula -- Heirloom tomatoes come in a staggering array of colors, sizes, and flavor profiles. You can make this lovely composed salad with large or small tomatoes (or both!) -- the fun is in the interplay between lush summer tomatoes, the creamy tang of goat cheese, and the peppery bite of arugula. Crustless

Cheese and Vegetable Quiche (Dairy) -- this light and cheesy kosher dish is a cross between a frittata and a quiche, made sans crust, of course. Filled with mushrooms and topped with tomato rounds, it's perfect for a summer lunch.
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Cottage cheese Blintzes

Strawberry Bourekas

Spinach Challah for Shavuot

Corn and eggplant pashtida

Cheese Blintzes Casserole
Eating a dairy meal on Shavuot has become an enduring tradition. Some explanation says that upon receiving the Torah, which refers to the Land of Israel as -flowing with milk and honey- (Exodus 3:18), dairy products became permitted to the Jews. In other words, at the same moment that their meat became prohibited, dairy became permitted. They ate dairy on that original Shavuot, and we do today too.

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The video explains why Jews Eat Cheesecake on Shavuot.

The video shows Shavuot Feast from 2016.

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