Bsisa

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Bsisa (Hebrew: בסיסה‎, Arabic: بسيسة‎) is a Jewish^{[verification needed]} Libyan food which is eaten in the first day of the Hebrew month, Nisan as this is the day the the Mishkan (Tabernacle) was erected. The food is powder that consists of wheat and barley, which represents the cement that was used in the Mishkan. Additionally, the Mother puts her gold ring into the Bsisa which represents the gold that was also used in the building of the Mishkan. Before eating the father blesses in Arabic while he mixes the Bsisa with oil, which resembles the oil used in the Mishkan. The key to his house is used to mix the Bsisa with the oil and this symbolize the "opening" of the 'new year'

The father and family recite in turn:

Ya fetchah,
Bla Neftchah,
Ya atai,
Bla menai,
Ar zikna wa zikmana!

[edit] See also

• Cuisine of the Sephardic Jews