As we enter the darkness and chill of winter — cholent or hamin, dafina or schalet — as it always has been, this is one dish that will perfume the house on Shabbat. Skip to content.

Adefina, adafina, dafina, aní, hamín, caliente, trasnochado.All these names refer to one thing: the quintessential Shabbat dish of the Sephardic Jews of the 15th century.