Rosh Hashanah - Sweet New Year to All

Apples dipped in honey, warm bread, pomegranate and a slice of honey cake. Not today's usual lunch, but some of the food served traditionally during Rosh Hashanah; Jewish New Year.

On Wednesday, September 24, Jews all over the world began celebrating Rosh Hashanah, one of their most important religious holidays. This is an occasion that involves reflecting on the past 12 months and looking at ways to improve for the coming year. 

Yom Kippur, 'Day of Atonement', which starts on the evening of Friday, 3 October and finishes Saturday, 4 October, marks the end of the ten days of repentance; and is the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar.

Traditionally, a variety of symbolic food is blessed and eaten to wish in a "Sweet New Year". Pomegranates symbolise fruitfulness, apples and honey a sweet year, and the round challah bread the cycle of the year.