{"id":1442,"date":"2020-09-18T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:32:00","slug":"apples-honey-jewish-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/apples-honey-jewish-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Apples and Honey to Make 5785 A Super Sweet Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s already upon us because it feels like we only just celebrated Pesach<\/em> (Passover), but I guess that a global pandemic and subsequent lockdown would have some kind of impact on time perception.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always known that apples and honey go hand-in-hand with Rosh Hashanah, largely because of a rhyme taught to me as a child. \u201cApples dipped in honey we do eat; we daven<\/em> (pray) to Hashem<\/em> (God) to make the new year sweet.\u201d When it comes to symbolic sweetness, I don\u2019t think you can do better than apples in honey, short of upending the sugar canister onto your waiting tongue (\u2026tempting).<\/p>\n

However, there are actually a few more fruit and vegetable inclusions around Rosh Hashanah that I didn\u2019t <\/em>know about. For instance, apples are the fruit of choice because of their hardy, year-round nature, making the fruit accessible to Jews all over the world. In Europe, Jews are feeling Summer come to an end. In South Africa, September marks the start of Spring.<\/p>\n

New Fruits<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The second night of Rosh Hashanah should also be accompanied by new fruit that has just come into season to celebrate the gift of life and the opportunity to taste fruits that we haven\u2019t enjoyed for a long time. For a lot of Jewish people, this means going for something exotic and tropical \u2013 kiwis, pomegranates, or dragon fruit. However, recently in New York City<\/a>, Jews are going out of their way to get some of the less commonly available tropical fruits. Like, have you ever heard of monstera fruit? I\u2019ve heard it tastes like a cross between a pineapple and a banana. What about jackfruit? They use it as a meat substitute. Novelty is the spice of life!<\/p>\n

Seven Vegetable Couscous<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A savoury dish sometimes served is couscous with seven vegetables added to it. The plentiful couscous represents the number of blessings you hope for in the New Year and seven is an auspicious number\u2026seven books in the Harry Potter series (and also God making the world in seven days). The big seven are up to you, but just make sure they\u2019re in there. I\u2019m quite fond of recipes that involve some hardier winter-type veggies: squash, turnip, onion, cabbage, tomatoes, and chickpeas. And hey \u2013 feel free to throw some apples in there as well.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s Go on a Date<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sweet dates are one of the \u2018seven species\u2019 (that magic number again), a group of staple agricultural products found in Israel that also includes barley, wheat, figs, grapes, pomegranates, and olives. Dates are actually named \u2018t\u2019marim<\/em>\u2019 in Hebrew \u2013 which somewhat strangely refers to punishing or finishing off enemies (remember those poisoned dates in the first Indiana Jones<\/em> movie?) As fun as it is to imagine chomping your enemy\u2019s head while biting into a date, the common symbolism of dates actually relates to finishing off the enemies within <\/em>\u2013 by banishing our own prejudices and toxic beliefs. Oddly enough, dates used to be boiled and distilled into a thick, syrupy spread that Israelites gave the name \u2018honey\u2019 to \u2013 so when you see the classic description of Israel as the \u2018land of milk and honey\u2019, it\u2019s actually referring to the land of milk\u2026 and dates.<\/p>\n

And there you have it! I learned something, you learned something, and now we\u2019re all hungry for some apples, some couscous, and probably a whole lot of honey just to make sure that 5782 is a little bit sweeter than 5781 was. So, what are you waiting for? Blow that shofar<\/em> and let the people know you\u2019re trying out something new this Jewish New Year!*<\/p>\n

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*This article was originally published in 2020.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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