Editing Halva (section)

===Israel===
[[File:Jerusalem DSC 0764 (8936121697).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Israeli halva displays at the [[Mahane Yehuda Market]] in [[Jerusalem]]]]
Tahini halvah ({{langx|he|חלווה}}) is very popular in Israel and among Jews in the diaspora.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marks |first=Gil |author-link=Gil Marks |date=1996 |title=The World of Jewish Cooking |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldofjewishcoo00mark/page/210 210] |isbn=978-0-684-82491-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/worldofjewishcoo00mark/page/210 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/1.4988697|title=Four stops for halvah|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> Israeli halvah is made from [[sesame]] [[tahini]] and sugar. It is generally sold in slabs, with or without nuts. Vanilla, or vanilla with chocolate swirls are perhaps the most common, but there are many different varieties. Halvah is [[parve]]. It is often served as a breakfast component at Israeli hotels, and even used in specialty [[Halva Ice Cream|ice cream]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-the-kibbutz-ice-cream-man-cometh-1.5271394|title=The ice man cometh|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>