Happy Rosh Hashanah!

"Many people have the custom to eat certain foods on Rosh Hashanah, such as the head of a ram, sheep or fish, carrots, lentils, etc. These foods have names that are similar to good things we want Hashem to give us for the coming year. Some people say a 'yehi ratzon' for each food that they eat, asking Hashem to give us these good things. I heard this humorous piece in the name of Rav Heinemann (sp?) from Baltimore. Some people added various foods and yehi ratzons because the name of the food in the language of their country sounded like something good in that language or in Hebrew. So in America (and other English-speaking countries), we should eat a piece of lettuce, half of a raisin and a piece of celery. Before we eat these foods, we should say: "Let us have a raise in salary" (lettuce half-a-raisin celery :-)."

-- Dave Seigel dseigel2@panix.com

Enjoy Holiday recipes!

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