Gefilte fish” is fish prepared in a certain manner, a dish traditionally enjoyed by Ashkenazi Jews on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.Before discussing gefilte fish, let’s first take a moment to discuss why it is customary to eat fish on Shabbat. Here are a few of the reasons given:
in the Torah’s account of the creation of the world, the word “blessing” is used three times.
Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet has a gematria (numerical value).