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We highlight cultural connections between Middle Eastern traditions in 4 areas: food, language, heritage, and music. #SamaritanCookbook published in 2020!

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Ramaḍān رمضان (“scorching” month), from رمض Ramḍ (“scorchedness”).

Similarly, in Hebrew, Remeṣ רֶמֶץ (“ember” or “burning coal”)

Likewise, in Syriac Rmū’ā ܪܡ��ܥܐ (“hot ash”)

#RamadanKarim

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Eid Mubarak from the good folks at the Samaritan Cookbook. Enjoy this festive holiday with Yafeet's tasty Samaritan Kunafeh!

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Watch our favorite Samaritan chef prepare guacamole with a Middle Eastern twist and learn how the tastiest #food from the #SamaritanCookbook can bring cultures together #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #peace

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“'Samaritan Cookbook' contains far more than recipes, and is therefore interesting for more than merely culinary reasons" - @ReneeGhertZand @TimesofIsrael writing about our project https://t.co/CRrkvic5um

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“Everyone loves good food. And food is often an entry into a community. We use the Samaritan model as an example of a cross-cultural bridge between Israelis and Palestinians, between Hebrew and Arabic, as a model for co-existence” https://t.co/tSiUAqIOUj @NoCamels

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Get your weekend off to a good start with some Samaritan Falafel. Gather up those chickpeas, herbs, and oil!

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Good chicken is one thing...but with the right amount of za'atar, it's quite another!

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BY EVENING YOU SHALL EAT MEAT, AND IN THE MORNING YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR FILL OF BREAD, AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD.
---Exodus 16:12
בין הערבים תאכלו בשר ובבקר ��שבעו לחם
וידעתם כי אני ה׳ אלהיכם

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Get your cooking skills and cauliflower ready! Make some Maqlouba / مقلوبة / מקלובה

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Hope you are ready for this Spiced Thistle / عكوب / עַכּוּבִית

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All you need is some zucchini plus a couple herbs and spices, then you can make this starter dish:

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"A land of wheat, and barley, and grapevines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey." -- Deuteronomy 8:8

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Read more about the Samaritan pantry, with flavors that include anise, Arabic spices, coriander, cumin, paprika, turmeric, za'atar, and lots more...which is your favorite?

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The Samaritan Cookbook reaches into the kitchens and dining rooms of the Samaritan people, descendants of the northern Kingdom of Israel. They have enjoyed 3,000 continuous years of tasty Holy Land cuisine.

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Here are the tasty contents of the #SamaritanCookbook!

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Our project is a group effort by Benny Sedaka, Avishay Zelmanovich, Ben Piven, Professor Steven Fine, Yadid Levy, Neda Djavaherian, and Sharon Yarimi. The first-ever Samaritan Cookbook brings you on an adventure into the little-known world of Samaritan food and drink...

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We'd like to offer plentiful #thanks to @wipfandstock Publishers for putting out our new book just in time for the holidays. Paperback and eBook are here already, and the hardcover version is coming very soon! https://t.co/EPxExkBPXM

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Our paperback cookbook is now out on Amazon! Thank you so much to everyone who was instrumental in making this happen. We are so grateful. Happy Thanksgiving to all! And maybe check out some of our recipes that you can cook up for Turkey Day next year... https://t.co/6WH6pQvdCM

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Our book features a beautiful Prologue by author Benyamim Tsedaka, who has written more than 120 books and lovingly presents the wonders of the Samaritan kitchen.

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Our cookbook will teach you how to make that good #Samaritan #falafel