The holidays are once again upon us, and we at ChefKosher.com compiled some of our favorite traditional and modern Rosh Hashanah kosher recipes especially for you.

 

Rosh Hashanah

 Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Jewish New Year". The traditional Hebrew greeting on Rosh Hashanah is  shana tova for "a good year", or shana tova umetukah for "a good and sweet year."

Rosh Hashana Seder and Symbolic Foods:

Rosh Hashanah meals often include apples and honey, to symbolize a sweet new year. Various other foods with a symbolic meaning may be served, depending on local minhag (custom), such as tongue or other meat from the head of an animal (to symbolize the head of the year). Other symbolic foods are eaten in a special Rosha Hashana Seder, particularly in the Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. Symbolic foods are eaten in a ceremony called the Yehi Rasones or Yehi Ratzones. Yehi Rason / Ratzon means "May it be Your will", and is the name of the ceremony because the names of the symbolic foods eating have names that are puns in Hebrew or Aramaic. Each pun serves as a desire or prayer that God will fulfill that desire represented by the pun. Some of the symbolic foods eaten are dates, black-eyed beans, leek, spinach and gourd, all of which are mentioned in the Talmud. Typically, round challah bread is served, to symbolize the cycle of the year. Gefilte fish and Lekach are commonly served by Ashkenazic Jews on this holiday. On the second night, new fruits are served to warrant inclusion of the shehecheyanu blessing.

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Recipes for Rosh Hashanah Seder

Salmon Gefilte Fish

Homemade Gefilte Fish

Chraime - Spicy Oriental Fish 

Vegetable Quiche

Tzimmes

Salted Lemon Savoury

Easy Bake Chicken

Honey cake

Honey Cookies

Pomegrante Jam

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