Three soups to start your fast

These three soups are each a complete, delicious, and satisfying meal – the best way to nourish your body before beginning the fast.

 Soup bowl (photo credit: INGIMAGE)
Soup bowl
(photo credit: INGIMAGE)

Rich Harira Soup with Everything

A thick, rich Harira soup packed with root vegetables, meat, lentils, chickpeas, and noodles. A hearty meal in a bowl that's both fun to prepare and even better to eat. It warms both body and soul, giving you the perfect feeling of fullness you need to get through the fast.

Harira Soup RecipeFor more festive family recipes

 Harira soup (credit: SARIT GOFEN)
Harira soup (credit: SARIT GOFEN)

Delicate Chicken Soup with Hedgehog Meatballs

Chicken soup for the pre-fast meal is a classic that many are loyal to—and for good reason. The delicate, clear broth, the warmth it brings, and the nourishing vegetables are just what our bodies need. The hedgehog meatballs, made of rice, chicken, and vegetables, will fill your stomach and ensure the fullness that we so desperately need.

Chicken Soup with Chicken-Rice Hedgehog Meatballs Recipe

 Delicate chicken soup with hedgehog meatballs (credit: NIMROD SAUNDERS)
Delicate chicken soup with hedgehog meatballs (credit: NIMROD SAUNDERS)

Lentil Soup with Bulgur and Brown Rice

Zohar Lustiger-Bashan, a chef specializing in healthy food, offers a recipe for a lentil and brown rice soup that is not only highly nutritious but also filling. It will help you begin your fast feeling good.

Lentils are an excellent, healthy ingredient for soup. Here, they are combined with a surprise twist of chili and lemon for a refreshing touch. The bulgur and brown rice perfectly round out the meal, turning it into more than just a soup – it’s a complete meal on its own. This is especially great for those who don’t eat meat.

Lentil Soup with Bulgur and Brown Rice Recipe


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 Lentil soup with bulgur and brown rice (credit: NIMROD SAUNDERS)
Lentil soup with bulgur and brown rice (credit: NIMROD SAUNDERS)

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