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"I made this up to use in Hamentashen. This made up enough to fill 30 cookies. I love it and could eat it with a spoon! Update: I have now used this in Hungarian Poppy Seed Cookies and found that the raisins made it hard to slice the roll into cookies. Next time I make those cookies, I will simply cut the raisins in half before making the filling. That should..."

Ingredients: lemon juice, margarine...

"Adapted from Najmieh Batmanglij's "Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen". I have not yet had the chance to try this recipe, but it looks delicious and I cannot wait to test it out!"

Ingredients: pepper, pistachios, rice flour...

"This one contains no wine therefore I don't know how "authentic" it is. It's either a huge typo or I just know diddly about charoset. So-I compromised by replacing 2 tablespoons of the orange juice with red wine or you can use grape juice. Recipe source unknown."

Ingredients: dates, valencia oranges...

"This is a traditional fruit salad that we always serve in the summer. It is traditionally served on the holiday of Tu Be'Shvat, but we love to eat it all summer long."

Ingredients: coconut, pitted dates...

"This is a very interesting fusion of International cuisines from the Mediterranean to China. Just imagine eating Peking Duck drizzled with a Sabra Orange & Honey Sauce (Israeli). Served over a bed of Chinese Yangzhou Vegetable Fried Rice. Is your "Mouth Watering" from the thought of tasting the sweet orange flavors! Try making this delicious..."

Ingredients: light olive oil, pepper, eggs...

"Charoset is served at the Passover seder and is meant to symbolize the mortar between the brick that the slaves had to use to build the walls. It is served as part of the seder."

Ingredients: pitted dates, dark raisins...

"Haroset is the traditional fruit compote found on the Passover Seder table and represents the mortar with which the Israelites bonded bricks when they were enslaved in Ancient Egypt as mentioned in the Talmud. This recipe is a Sephardic Jewish recipe from Greece and Turkey."

Ingredients: pitted dates, fresh lemon juice...

"These sweet Sephardic pastry cookies are filled with a ground nut and spice mixture, and dipped in a honey syrup. They are similar in concept to the bureka or empanada."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, rose water...

"Intoxicating orange and coconut flavors, a light and perfect dessert for after a seder. It is pareve. If you want to, add whipped cream to the top. From Joan Nathan."

Ingredients: unsweetened dried shredded coconut, eggs...

"A non-traditional take on a traditional Linzer Tart."

Ingredients: egg yolks, fresh lemon juice...

"This cake recipe, made for Shabbat -- The Day of Rest -- is from the 1998 publication, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking."

Ingredients: eggs, fresh orange juice...

"Tishpishti is a famous Jewish specialty of Turkey that is a rich, luscious walnut cake bathed in syrup. There are similar recipes that exist in Northern Spain, so the dessert may have originated there, possibly as a Passover cake. However, others believe Tishpishti was always served on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Alternatives - use 1 1/2 cup..."

Ingredients: oranges, zest of, rose water...

"These easy fritters are dipped in a simple syrup for sweetness. They are known by different names in various cultures: Bimuelos - Judeo-Spanish; Zalabia - Mid Eastern; Zenguola - Indian. Prep time does not include time for dough to rise (about 2 hours)."

Ingredients: rose water, light vegetable oil...

"In my never-ending search for orange zest recipes, I came across this one in Levana Kirschenbaum's new book, Levana's Table. It's the most heavenly version of orange poppy seed cake I've seen so far. My only change to the recipe was to move it from the food processor to the stand mixer."

Ingredients: eggs, margarine, orange juice...