Remove and soften the dough slightly when ready to make the cookies. Using a little bit of dry flour, roll the dough out to a roughly 1/4-inch-thick circle. Using a 3-inch cutter cut circles of ...

Hamantaschen – a three-cornered cookie meant to represent Haman's three-cornered hat. The cookie usually includes some kind of fruit filling, but savory and other sweet options exist too.

The cookie has its origins in medieval Germany, where mohntaschen, triangular pockets filled with poppy seeds, were commonly eaten, according to Haber, who works as a food tour guide in Jerusalem.

They don’t sell them as a Purim specialty, but in Turkey and Greece, Jews eat a similar cookie for the holiday that they call Haman’s Fingers, so you can buy some of these if you’re looking ...

The date, if you go off Purim's history, is the day the Jews were saved from getting killed by the evil Haman. What is the history behind the holiday? Illustration of a Purim Ball, circa 1880.

Haman's sons would have to have been genuine converts to Judaism in that case. However, we (the Jewish People) do not accept Amalekite converts. Therein lies the paradox explained here by Rav Hutner.