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Breaking the Fast with Brinner

Breaking the Fast with Brinner – Easy breakfast-style recipes and make-ahead salads for the Yom Kippur break fast meal.
Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Described as a Shabbat shabbaton (Shabbat of solemn rest) in the Torah, Yom Kippur is a day of fasting, prayer, and reflection. In the period leading up to Yom Kippur, we ask forgiveness from friends and family and take steps toward self-improvement for the year to come.

Jews all over the world observe Yom Kippur, and there are many different traditions for breaking the 25-hour long fast. In our home, we have two traditions. We always start with a shot of vodka, a tradition from the Russian side of my husband’s family. After a fast, boy, let me tell you, that shot hits the destination pretty quickly! In addition, we break the fast with “brinner”– breakfast-style foods mixed with various make-ahead salads and mezze. We choose recipes that are easy to prep ahead and throw together (important when you’re weak and light headed!). These dishes are comforting, easy on the stomach, and taste great. Above all there is something so fun about eating breakfast for dinner, don’t you agree?

Here are some of my favorite breakfast and brunch recipes to help inspire your own brinner-style break fast meal! Do you observe Yom Kippur? How do you break the fast?

Vertical shot - loaf of tender cinnamon babka with two slices on white cutting board, sticks of cinnamon and cloth napkin alongside.
Horizontal shot of two plates of crunchy pickled salad, off to the right is a large bowl of the same salad. A wooden spoon sits on top of a blue and white striped napkin just beneath the bowl.
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Horitzontal shot of Roasted Eggplant Yogurt Dip topped with pomegranate arils and fresh mint, on a platter with pieces of pita.
Horizontal shot of sliced babka with swirling chocolate filling, chocolate chunks on white cutting board with wood background.

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  1. Avatar photoCatherine Costello says

    My stomach is rumbling away looking at these picx my fb friend shared pic of your french toast ive saved it and have been looking at your recipes feeling very hungry now

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  2. Avatar photoCloud Swift says

    I like to have bread pudding or rice pudding to break the fast. They can be made ahead of time. The recipes I use have milk, eggs some sugar plus the bread or rice so they have that comforting, easy on the stomach, breakfast quality.

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    • Avatar photoJillian Lojeck says

      Try it with crusty French bread, or a sourdough roll – I think you’ll be happy with the results!

  11. Avatar photoSelma Rapoport-Zolotas says

    For me, an everything bagel, shmear, smoked nova or gravilox, onions, and capers are eatable breakfast, lunch and dinner, as are blueberry blintzes. Love them.

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    • Avatar photoIris Ellner-Miller says

      It warms you from your brain to your toes, it takes courage to drink a shot of that plum brandy.aka slivovitz.

    • Avatar photoIris Ellner-Miller says

      Thanks Helen Burton for looking up slivovitz. We prefer the bottle with the yellow label. All of them are very potent. I don’t remember who, why or when our family started this tradition.
      We all take a shot before starting the Passover seder.
      Also, at other holidays.

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