opłatek

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“But Mother enclosed in one letter an opłatek—the thin white wafer traditionally shared by all at the beginning of the Christmas Eve dinner. We took it to be a clear message from her: stay⟳ in Romania, at least through Christmas.”

“Before sitting down, an opłatek—a special wafer symbolizing the Christian child—was broken and shared, while family members, starting with the father and mother, would exchange⟳ good wishes for the new year. Family members would sometimes send⟳ a piece of their opłatek to ones who were far away, as a symbol that they were breaking the wafer together even though separated by war or a repressive political system. (The opłatek ritual persists among Poles in Chicago, where the wafers are sold in Polish stores.)”

“The meal has a number⟳ of traditional courses, beginning with opłatek, a small blessed wafer made from flour and water. Each family member holds their wafer and gives each person at the table a well wish⟳ for the next year, breaking a piece off of each person’s wafer and sharing among the table. “We’re going to make⟳ people do the opłatek thing,” says Lasky. “It will be good icebreaker for a family-style dinner.””

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