Cookbook: Afikoman Media: Afikoman Afikoman (Hebrew: ×Ö²×¤Ö´××§×Ö¹×Ö¸× â¬, based on Greek epikomon [á¼Ïá½¶ Îºá¿¶Î¼Î¿Î½] or epikomion [á¼ÏÎ¹ÎºÏÎ¼Î¹Î¿Î½], meaning that which comes after or dessert) is a half-piece of matzo which is broken in two during the early stages of the Passover Seder and set aside to be eaten as a dessert after the meal.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
Pearl Harbor and the Road to War. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japanâs increasingly belligerent attitude toward China.hat way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japanâs armed forces spread across the South Pacific. On December 7, after months of planning and practice, the Japanese launched their attack. At about 8 a.m., Japanese planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor.