Rachel Levy's refrigerator is bursting with so many new fruits, she's not sure how she'll top herself next Rosh Hashana. On Wednesday, she opened her fridge and rattled the names off with gusto: ...

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I was raised Ashkenazi. I knew about apples and honey, and I knew about the Passover seder, but I’d never heard about a simanim (meaning signs or symbols) seder for Rosh Hashanah. That was all before ...

Many of the simanim hold positive associations, such as the wish after eating pomegranate that our merits should increase like the numerous seeds of the fruit. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a ...

JTA — So this is where it all comes together — all the thought, all the planning, the testing. And the tasting, the tasting and the tasting. (That’s the best part). A simanim-inspired menu brings ...

To deepen our vision, as 94% of Israeli Jews dip apples into honey, this Rosh Hashanah, let's add Zionist simanim (symbols) for unity. I indulged in my favorite temper tantrum of this past year on a ...