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What is the special pastry for Purim?

On Purim Jews eat special three-cornered stuffed pastries. They are called hamantaschen (ā€œHaman’s pocketsā€) in Yiddish and oznei Haman (ā€œHaman’s earsā€) in Hebrew. The pastries are filled with sweet fillings such as poppy seeds, prune, and apricot. Sephardi Jews make various pastries with hard-boiled eggs inside, such as folares and ojos de Haman.