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Apples and honey
A slice of apple dipped in honey — a wish for a sweet year; the meal begins with it.
Table
A sweet year
The Rosh Hashanah table speaks in symbols: everything sweet and round is a wish for a bright, whole year. The bread is dipped in honey instead of salt, and dessert is honey, apples and pomegranate.
Mountain and Sephardic Jews have their own festive dishes and an order of “simanim” with short blessings. What matters at this table is not abundance but the good wishes spoken over each food.
Table
A sweet year
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Round challah
The New Year challah is round — a symbol of a whole year and a crown; it is dipped in honey.
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Pomegranate
Juicy pomegranate seeds — a wish for many good deeds and merits.
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Simanim
Dates, gourd, beet, leek, a fish head — “signs” with blessings for a good year.
