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Food for the Jewish New Year and High Holy Days - The Register Citizen
Rosh Hashanah, often called the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Sunday. It marks the start of the year in the Hebrew calendar and the beginning of the High Holy Days. These holidays fall on different days each year because the Jewish calendar is a lunar one. Did you know that Rosh Hashanah begins 163 days after the spring holiday of Passover?
Unlike Dec. 31, when many celebrate with parties and drinking, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the holiest days in the Jewish religion. The similarity of all holiday celebrations is food and, no matter what religion or culture, food has a symbolic meaning and provokes fond memories of childhood. The Jewish High Holidays are about reflection, and family and friends sharing meals. Apples dipped in honey symbolize a sweet new year. Pomegranates, a fruit filled with seeds, are eaten and symbolize that the New Year will hopefully be filled with merits.
Rosh Hashanah, often called the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Sunday. It marks the start of the year in the Hebrew calendar and the beginning of the High Holy Days. These holidays fall on different days each year because the Jewish calendar is a lunar one. Did you know that Rosh Hashanah begins 163 days after the spring holiday of Passover?
Unlike Dec. 31, when many celebrate with parties and drinking, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the holiest days in the Jewish religion. The similarity of all holiday celebrations is food and, no matter what religion or culture, food has a symbolic meaning and provokes fond memories of childhood. The Jewish High Holidays are about reflection, and family and friends sharing meals. Apples dipped in honey symbolize a sweet new year. Pomegranates, a fruit filled with seeds, are eaten and symbolize that the New Year will hopefully be filled with merits.