# Yay! It's Hamantaschen-Baking Season At the Steinhardts Again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024 "2007-02-28T14:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/21 "2007-03-01T02:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] Your kids have gotten so big. It’s just amazing. [/QUOTE] That was my first thought as well! Looks yummy! I love Purim at your house! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/22 "2007-03-01T02:25:07Z")
Thanks for sharing again, **zev**! I just realized Purim was coming up and started looking forward to your thread. For those with questions, [here’s a pretty good explanation](http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm) of the holiday, including a recipe for Hamantaschen. GT ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/23 "2007-03-01T02:43:35Z")
Your kids look like a delightful bunch! I hope everyone at your house enjoys a joyful and lighthearted Purim. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/24 "2007-03-01T02:44:35Z")
What fun! My sister and I used to make hamantaschen when we were kids. 🙂 Now I am lazy (read: don’t have the time ☹ ) and buy them at Freed’s Bakery here in Las Vegas. They have them available all year- yay! ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/25 "2007-03-01T12:12:56Z")
Apricot, apple and cherry hamentashen abound in my household this year. I’ll also be making Nana’s famous honey cake this year, after she had not made it for the last 10 years of her life. Zev, love the progression thorugh the years. Chag Purim! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/26 "2007-03-01T12:30:51Z")
Mundane and Pointless Purim Trivia from the Holyland…: Got into work this morning to find that overnight two of the staff had decorated the whole office (and left out funny hats for all) – nice way to get into the holiday spirit 🙂 (if a bit early – but we don’t work Fridays, and many will be absent on Sunday (the holiday) because of school vacation) **Zev** – this year Purim is on Sunday, so you have no excuse not to get drunk! (_ad d’lo yada…_) And then we want some more pictures – [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410011)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/27 "2007-03-01T12:32:04Z")
I’ve been noticing the signs around my area that say Purim is approaching and guessing this regular thread was coming. Children cute as ever. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/28 "2007-03-01T12:36:26Z")
Every year, I look at this thread and think what a lovely family **Zev** has, and how much fun they’re having. Purim rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/29 "2007-03-01T12:41:12Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] **Zev** , how do you pronouce the name of your beautiful daughter? [/QUOTE] Question seconded… I’ve never seen _Tzivya_, always _Tzvi’ya_ – is this an Anglicized variant, or a different name? Oh, and the sentiment seconded, too… she’s so cute 🙂 > [@](#): > > [sub]The first person to post “It’s pronounced ‘Throatwarbler-Mangrove’” gets smacked with a dead trout.[/sub] How’d you guess!? :eek: You’re dressing up as a fish-wife this year? 😛 Ouch!! ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/30 "2007-03-01T14:59:13Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] **Zev** , how do you pronouce the name of your beautiful daughter? [sub]The first person to post “It’s pronounced ‘Throatwarbler-Mangrove’” gets smacked with a dead trout.[/sub] [/QUOTE] Actually, it _is_ Throatwarbler-Mangrove. 😃 Seriously, it’s pronounced Tziv-yah. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/31 "2007-03-01T15:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Question seconded… I’ve never seen _Tzivya_, always _Tzvi’ya_ – is this an Anglicized variant, or a different name? [/QUOTE] I’m not terribly certain about the origin of the name. She’s named after my grandmother, who had the same name. It may well be a corrupted version of Tzviya. In any event, it’s a fairly common Hebrew name here in the United States. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/32 "2007-03-01T15:02:24Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] **Zev** – this year Purim is on Sunday, so you have no excuse not to get drunk! (_ad d’lo yada…_) And then we want some more pictures – [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410011)! 😃 [/QUOTE] Would you believe I’ve never been drunk in my life? Seriously… I’m not a big drinker. I drink more by the Seder (four cups of low alcohol wine) than at any other time… including Purim. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/33 "2007-03-01T15:08:47Z")
[QUOTE=zev\_steinhardt] Would you believe I’ve never been drunk in my life? Seriously… I’m not a big drinker. I drink more by the Seder (four cups of low alcohol wine) than at any other time… including Purim. Zev Steinhardt [/QUOTE] Seriously? Good on you! Not so seriously? How **dare** you not be drunk on Purim? _Avaryan!_ It’s a _Mitzva_!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/34 "2007-03-01T16:03:33Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] University of Chicago has that debate every year too. What is the essence of the debate? [/QUOTE] Cal’s probably referring to a sign advertising the book based on the Chicago debates–unless MIT decided to do one in light of the publicity the book got? The debates are very charming. Scholars discuss the L/H dichotomy in light of their specialized academic insights–the post-modern deconstruction is that the Esther story should be experienced as a post-feminist construct with a clearly unreliable narrator of the hegemonic white male class; therefore, latke rulz! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/35 "2007-03-01T16:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Not so seriously? How **dare** you not be drunk on Purim? _Avaryan!_ It’s a _Mitzva_!! 😃 [/QUOTE] I was at a talk last Saturday on this point. The rabbi who instituted the mitzvah of getting drunk on Purim is noted elsewhere in the Talmud for two relevant points: - He was a vintner. - He liked to drink wine. The current analysis by Rabbi David Golinkon is that the mitzvah was hyperbole for Purim comic effect. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/36 "2007-03-01T16:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] I was at a talk last Saturday on this point. The rabbi who instituted the mitzvah of getting drunk on Purim is noted elsewhere in the Talmud for two relevant points: - He was a vintner. - He liked to drink wine. The current analysis by Rabbi David Golinkon is that the mitzvah was hyperbole for Purim comic effect. [/QUOTE] Oh, stop confusing me with facts! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/37 "2007-03-01T16:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=Humble Servant] Cal’s probably referring to a sign advertising the book based on the Chicago debates–unless MIT decided to do one in light of the publicity the book got? The debates are very charming. Scholars discuss the L/H dichotomy in light of their specialized academic insights–the post-modern deconstruction is that the Esther story should be experienced as a post-feminist construct with a clearly unreliable narrator of the hegemonic white male class; therefore, latke rulz! [/QUOTE] Oh, OK! I didn’t realize there was a book out. I never went to the debates, just saw the cartoons of them in the alumni mag, but they did seem quirky and fun “Latke rulz!” Hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/38 "2007-03-01T19:15:50Z")
I am eating a Cherry Hamentaschen right now, which I purchased at the local deli. It is delicious! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024/39 "2007-03-01T19:44:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Cal’s probably referring to a sign advertising the book based on the Chicago debates–unless MIT decided to do one in light of the publicity the book got? Nope – it’s advertising an upcoming debate at MIT, with three professors on each side. Possibly (probably) it was inspired by the Chicago tradition. I’d never heard of it before. The MIT debate’s coming up this weekend, I think. I never heard of “Latkes” until recently. We called them “Potato Pancakes” growing up, when my grandmother made them. Like a lot of apparently Jewish traditions, this is really a regional one – Potato Pancakes/Latkes are East European fare (My Grandmother was Polish Catholic). I never heard of the fruit-filled things, though, until this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-its-hamantaschen-baking-season-at-the-steinhardts-again/394024.md?page=1)