Matzo balls

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Name (Hebrew)
כדורי מצה
Name (Latin)
Matzo balls
Name (Arabic)
كرات المصة
Other forms of name
Balls, Matzo
Knaidelach
Knaidelech
Knaidels
Knaideluch
Knaidlach
Knaydlech
Kneidelach
Kneidels
Kneidlach
Kneydels
Kneydlach
Kneydlekh
Kneydls
See Also From tracing topical name
Cooking (Matzos)
Dumplings
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q559201
Library of congress: sh2019000583
DLC: sh2019000583
LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS: 9812218476600041
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2004010825: Shulman, L. The matzo ball boy, 2005(In this Jewish version of The gingerbread boy, a matzo ball runs away from an old woman as she prepares her Passover dinner)
  • Wikipedia, Mar. 14, 2019:Matzah ball (Matzah balls or matzo balls are Ashkenazi Jewish soup dumplings made from a mixture of matzah meal, eggs, water, and a fat, such as oil, margarine, or chicken fat. Matzah balls are traditionally served in chicken soup and are a staple food on the Jewish holiday of Passover. Alternative names: Kneydl (frequently also transliterated as knaidel or kneidel). Alternate transliterations of the Yiddish term for matzah ball, in the singular, include: knaidl, knaidel, kneidl, and kneidel. Transliterations in the plural include: knaidels, knaidlach, knaidelach, kneidels, kneidlach, kneidelach, kneydls, kneydels, and kneydlach)
  • Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Mar. 14, 2019(knaidel, plural knaidlach: matzo ball; matzo ball: a small ball-shaped dumpling made from matzo meal)
  • Webster's new world college dictionary, ©2010, via Collins dictionaries website, Mar. 14, 2019(matzo ball: a dumpling made of matzo meal, usually served in chicken broth or soup)
  • Collins English dictionary online, Mar. 14, 2019(kneidel: (in Jewish cookery) a small dumpling, usually served in chicken soup)
  • Dictionary.com unabridged, Mar. 14, 2019:knaidel (plural knaidlach: a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup; the plural could be knaidels, or knaidelach, or knaidlach, or knaideluch) matzo ball (a dumpling made from matzo meal, usually served in soup)
  • Jewish English lexicon website, Mar. 14, 2019(knaidel. Alternative spellings: knaydle, kneydle, knaidle, kneidle, kenaidel, knaydl, kneydl, kneydel, knaydel, kenaidle, kneidel. Definition: matzah ball; a dumpling made of matzah meal meal and beaten eggs, usually served in chicken broth, often at the Pesach seder. Often used in the plural form: kneidlach / knaydlech / knaidelech / kneydlekh)
  • OCLC, Mar. 14, 2019(Matzo balls and cornbread; Matzo balls for breakfast; Pasta, fried rice, and matzoh balls; Matzoh ball soup; Matzah balls & more; Matza balls anyone?; More than matza balls; From knaidlach to cookies)