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Recipes for simanim (signs) for Rosh Hashanah’s symbolic foods

Fish heads, pomegranates, dates, beets and apples dipped in honey: the Rosh Hashanah table is full of edible signs for the year ahead. Here’s what the traditional simanim mean — and why Jews eat them.

Rosh HaShanah Honey Chiffon Cake Recipe

Foods flavored with honey symbolize the desire for a sweet New Year in the Jewish calendar.

Pomegranate-nut salad recipe

  Many of us are rushing this month, crossing things off lists though simultaneously putting new ones on, trying to...