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Apples and Honey

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Apples and Honey for the Jewish New Year

During Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), it is traditional to eat apples dipped in honey, to symbolize our hopes for a "sweet" new year. The apple is dipped in honey, the blessing for eating tree fruits is recited, the apple is tasted, and then the apples and honey prayer is recited:

Barukh atah Adonai, Elohaynu, melekh ha-olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, king of the universe

borei priy ha-eitz. (Amen)
who creates the fruit of the tree. (Amen)
Take a bite from the apple dipped in honey, then continue with the following:

Y'hee ratzon mee-l'fanekha, Adonai Elohaynu v'elohey avoteynu
May it be Your will, Lord our God and God of our ancestors

sh'tichadeish aleinu shanah tovah um'tuqah.
that you renew for us a good and sweet year. (Amen)

Ingredients:
Red, Green or Yellow apples (or combination of apples) washed, cored and sliced into wedges (apples do not have to be peeled)
Kosher honey, for dipping

Instructions:
Place the apple wedges on a festive plate with a bowl of honey. Place a serving spoon (or honey spoon) with the honey.

Dip apple wedges in the honey or spoon the honey over the apple wedges with a honey spoon or serving spoon.

If serving challah bread, tear off pieces of challah and dip challah pieces in the honey also.

Photograph taken by Diana Baker Woodall© 2004

Source: DianasDesserts.com
Date: September 2, 2004