Apples and honey
Apples and honey are a traditional dish served by Ashkenazi Jews on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's Day and the beginning of the High Holidays.[1]
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| Place of origin | Originally Israel, also Jewish diaspora |
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| Serving temperature | Room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Apples, honey |
History
Dipping apples into honey as a celebratory dish and ceremony for Rosh Hashanah likely originated with the Ancient Israelites.[1]
Overview
Apples and honey consists of raw apples sliced and served with a separate dish of honey. A blessing is said in Hebrew over the apples and honey, to ask for a “Sweet New Year”, and the apple is then dipped into the honey and eaten.[1] Dipping apples in honey is a minhag and is not dictated by the Tanakh or the Talmud.[2]
In American-Jewish Culture
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah in English-speaking Ashkenazic schools, young schoolchildren learn the "dip the apple in the honey" song (to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine).[3]
See also
References
- Marks, Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. HMH.
- "Why Apples and Honey?". ReformJudaism.org. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky in The Chinuch Roundtable, Yated Ne'eman, September 23, 2022, p. 119: Indeed, we all know the song, "Dip the apple in the honey, make a brocha loud and clear, leshanah tovah umesukah, have a happy sweet New Year," that famous children's Rosh Hashanah tune that is sung to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine.
