Comments on: Food for Rosh Hashana Thought http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chaim wolfson http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-245239 chaim wolfson Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:04:53 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-245239 Thanbo, I heard the raisin and celery part from Rav Moshe Heineman of Baltimore (though he didn't mention anything about using half a raisin). I heard something in the name of the Kotzker Rebbe that puts the custom of "simanim" in perspective: There is a custom to avoid eating nuts on Rosh Hashanah, because the "gematria" (numerical value) of the Hebrew "egoz" (nut) is the same as "chet" (sin). The problem is, the Kotzker said, that many of the people who follow this custom forget that "chet" is also the "gematria" of "chet"! Thanbo,
I heard the raisin and celery part from Rav Moshe Heineman of Baltimore (though he didn’t mention anything about using half a raisin).

I heard something in the name of the Kotzker Rebbe that puts the custom of “simanim” in perspective: There is a custom to avoid eating nuts on Rosh Hashanah, because the “gematria” (numerical value) of the Hebrew “egoz” (nut) is the same as “chet” (sin). The problem is, the Kotzker said, that many of the people who follow this custom forget that “chet” is also the “gematria” of “chet”!

]]> By: thanbo http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-244673 thanbo Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:11:14 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-244673 a salad: lettuce, half a raisin, celery (due to Leizer Gillig) a salad: lettuce, half a raisin, celery (due to Leizer Gillig)

]]> By: Asher Samuels http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-241862 Asher Samuels Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:39:23 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-241862 May the Mountain Dew fall over the Land of Israel. May the Mountain Dew fall over the Land of Israel.

]]> By: Rudy Wagner http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-239009 Rudy Wagner Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:41:01 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-239009 Chaim, off course I meant a chocolate replica of a tyre. Shana Tovah Chaim,

off course I meant a chocolate replica of a tyre.

Shana Tovah

]]> By: Yehoshua Friedman http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-238351 Yehoshua Friedman Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:36:20 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-238351 While Rabin was Prime Minister we ate mangoes, saying, "May it be Your will that we will soon see the man go." It worked so well that we said it on Sharon as well. On Olmert I don't know if I'll bother. Too many men have to go already. While Rabin was Prime Minister we ate mangoes, saying, “May it be Your will that we will soon see the man go.” It worked so well that we said it on Sharon as well. On Olmert I don’t know if I’ll bother. Too many men have to go already.

]]> By: Chaim Wolfson http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-238087 Chaim Wolfson Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:20:40 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-238087 Rudy, your suggestion is a good idea if all you have to do is see the "simanim". I wouldn't recomend it, though, according to those who say you have to eat them (cf. "Kerisos" 6a and "Horyos" 12a, and "Tur" and "Shulchan Aruch" O.C. #583). mnuez, I assume the franks and goulash are for the first night of Yom Tov, and the pizza is for the second night. JO, how do you eat Woodbourne? Or a cantor, for that matter? [WRT everything else I am in complete agreement with you.] Rudy, your suggestion is a good idea if all you have to do is see the “simanim”. I wouldn’t recomend it, though, according to those who say you have to eat them (cf. “Kerisos” 6a and “Horyos” 12a, and “Tur” and “Shulchan Aruch” O.C. #583).

mnuez, I assume the franks and goulash are for the first night of Yom Tov, and the pizza is for the second night.

JO, how do you eat Woodbourne? Or a cantor, for that matter? [WRT everything else I am in complete agreement with you.]

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237661 Jewish Observer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:43:21 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237661 May you cry out doubly in joy, never remoan May you cry out doubly in joy, never remoan

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237659 Jewish Observer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:39:48 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237659 May it be that your cantor can't err May it be that your cantor can’t err

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237658 Jewish Observer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:38:52 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237658 may your ribeye make no misteak may your ribeye make no misteak

]]> By: Phil http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237657 Phil Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:36:43 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237657 Asher V. Finn, if you slur the name just right, sounds like Avi Shafran. Nice catch, Eli. Well Rabbi Shafran, you might wish to come up with a new alias. How about Yonah Sonro Zenbloom? (smirk) Asher V. Finn, if you slur the name just right, sounds like Avi Shafran. Nice catch, Eli. Well Rabbi Shafran, you might wish to come up with a new alias. How about Yonah Sonro Zenbloom? (smirk)

]]> By: Rudy Wagner http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237342 Rudy Wagner Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:15:20 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237342 You should place a TYRE on the Rosh Ha-Shana table and say: "Have a GOOD-YEAR"... You should place a TYRE on the Rosh Ha-Shana table and say:

“Have a GOOD-YEAR”…

]]> By: mnuez http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237332 mnuez Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:03:34 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237332 May we be frank with each other, may we have pizza in the Holy Land and may everything goulash be kept away from us. Furthermore. May our enemies powers dim sum, May we rarely say Do!-Nuts!, And may everyone like Juice. And - May we magically have the powers to devour every sort of delectable in sight without gaining any weight or becoming gashmieshe beings without as true an appreciation of spiritual matters as we, and our Creator, would prefer. (And everything else good) Amen. A gut gebentched, mnuez <a href="http://www.mnuez.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">www.mnuez.blogspot.com</a> May we be frank with each other,
may we have pizza in the Holy Land
and may everything goulash be kept away from us.

Furthermore.

May our enemies powers dim sum,
May we rarely say Do!-Nuts!,
And may everyone like Juice.

And -

May we magically have the powers to devour every sort of delectable in sight without gaining any weight or becoming gashmieshe beings without as true an appreciation of spiritual matters as we, and our Creator, would prefer. (And everything else good) Amen.

A gut gebentched,

mnuez
http://www.mnuez.blogspot.com

]]> By: eli http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237160 eli Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:11:45 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237160 I'm confused. Is this article the same as the one by the same name by Asher V. Finn? See home.aol.com/lazera/AmEchad/roshhashana.html I’m confused. Is this article the same as the one by the same name by Asher V. Finn? See home.aol.com/lazera/AmEchad/roshhashana.html

]]> By: Moshe Schorr http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237156 Moshe Schorr Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:00:28 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237156 When drinking Cola we may ask that G-d hear the "kol" of our prayer. Although some refrain from eating horseradish, one who does eat it may say "may we be _chozer_ bitshuva" (In hebrew, it's called "chazeret". Eating 'tchina', a spread made from poppy seeds, may be accompanied by asking that G-d hear our "tchinos". Shana tova to all. When drinking Cola we may ask that G-d hear the “kol” of our prayer.
Although some refrain from eating horseradish, one who does eat it may
say “may we be _chozer_ bitshuva” (In hebrew, it’s called “chazeret”.

Eating ‘tchina’, a spread made from poppy seeds, may be accompanied by asking that G-d hear our “tchinos”.

Shana tova to all.

]]> By: Ori Pomerantz http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237124 Ori Pomerantz Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:03:50 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-237124 Carrots: May good things be created for us. Beets: May our enemies beat it. Peas: May we have true peace. Carrots: May good things be created for us.

Beets: May our enemies beat it.

Peas: May we have true peace.

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236894 Jewish Observer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:18:16 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236894 may we watch the Woodbourne in our hearths may we watch the Woodbourne in our hearths

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236892 Jewish Observer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:15:49 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236892 My our mezuman bring me much of the same My our mezuman bring me much of the same

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236891 Jewish Observer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:15:11 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236891 May my new Bors bring me mazal at the bourse May my new Bors bring me mazal at the bourse

]]> By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236889 Jewish Observer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:12:35 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2007/08/31/food-for-rosh-hashana-thought/#comment-236889 May the reign of gashmius be replaced by a gust of ruchnius May the reign of gashmius be replaced by a gust of ruchnius

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