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		fortran77 on Feb 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bob Moore, who founded Bob's Red Mill, has died Umm... מאָן means poppyseed in Yiddish (and Purim is around the corner, which means המן־טאַשן with מאָן filling!)

woodruffw on Feb 15, 2024 [–]

I wrote מאַן, not מאָן :-).

(For those wondering: “man” in Yiddish looks a lot like “mohn”, which is the same as German mohn.)

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