It's Time For Hamantashen

The 14 day of Adar on the Hebrew calendar is the beginning of Purim.  It celebrates the time the Persian Jewish population was saved from genocide.  In modern days, it means festivals, games, and hamantash.  Hamantash is the three sided pastry filled with jam or poppy seeds or both, that is gobbled up during Purim by Jews and Gentiles alike.

Haman, the villan of Purim, is described in the Book of Esther.  Pastries symbolize the defeated enemy of the Jewish people.  The word "tasche" means pockets in German, thus, the pasty may refer to Haman's pockets, symbolizing the money that Haman offered to Ahasueries in exchange for permission to destroy the Jews.  The reason for the three side pastry is uncertain.  What we all know, is that Purim is a happy time, a time for celebration, and the eating of hamantashen makes it that much sweeter.