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Question: Why do we eat Hamantashen (a filled triangular cookie) on Purim? Answer: The hamantash is three-cornered to signify that the man named Haman was "tash" (weakened in Hebrew) by the merit of the three patriarchs (as symbolized by the three corners of the pastry). This is similar to the Magen ...

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