It's beginning to look a lot like Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah at the market right now.
This year Rosh Hashanah begins the evening of Sunday, September 25th (the evening of Tishrei 1). Depending on what calendar you use, your observance level, and if you're in Israel or not, Rosh Hashanah can end 24 hours later or on September 27th after nightfall.
It's a bit complicated.
Most messianic and reform jewish communities observe just one day of Rosh Hashanah.
If you'd like to learn about the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Teruah, you can do that here, but I'm going to be sharing a few pics of how my local market is preparing for the holiday.
Traditionally, apple slices dipped in honey are eaten this type of year signifying the hopes for a sweet new year so it's no surprise many of the Rosh Hashanah snacks and sweet feature the sticky, sweet substance.
Rosh Hashanah Kosher Market Finds
Honey Cakes
Cakes of honey are very popular this time of year and range from this one (priced at around $2.99 to fancy ones made in bakeries. I'll be making a honey and apple cake and will do my best to post the recipe here!
More honey snacks
Honey cakes start making their appearance in stores a couple weeks before the holiday and many people will buy them and freeze them to avoid the high holy day shopping rush.
Honey Cookies
These honey cookies would be a really nice way to end a meal. After cooking all day, sometimes it's nice to serve something store bought (arranged on a nice platter of course). Kids especially enjoy these types of cookies.
For the chocolate lover
If you need a little chocolate mixed into your honey, these are the cookies for you. Eating foods that go along with the calendar holidays are a simple way to make the holidays extra fun for kids and help them feel a part of our faith and culture.
If none of these do it for you, grab some apples and honey from the store, or even better, a local farm, and make an apple cake, apple fritters, apple doughnuts...the sky's the limit. I've heard of apple compote being served with meat dishes.
The main mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah is to hear a shofar and not do any work. In my family's tradition, we cook but don't go to work or school.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord. -Leviticus 23: 23-25
If you can't afford to buy a shofar online or from a local Judaica store, many messianic congregations and synagogues have services where one will be blown. If you can't get to a service or don't have one near you, listen to one live or recorded online!
These days many congregations also stream their services. But if the best you can do is to listen to a prerecorded shofar blast, HaShem knows your intentions.
l'shanah tovah u'metukah
Have a good and sweet year!
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