Origins of Cholent, Explained

Slow cooked stews dominated Saturday menus in Jewish homes for millennia, in every continent, period, and culture. An 1800’s poet even penned an ode to the dish. The custom originated with the Biblical prohibition of lighting a fire on the Jewish Sabbath. This video was produced for Lesson 5 of The Jewish Course of Why, a course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. http://www.myjli.com/why