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mong the familiar customs
of Rosh Hashanah is the
dipping of apple pieces in
honey — but what is its origin?
King David had a "cake made in
a pan and a sweet cake" (II Samuel
6:15,19) given to everyone. Hosea 3:1
identifies the "sweet cake" as a raisin
cake.
Honey also may have been used
in the cake, but the honey of ancient
eretz Yisrael was made from dates or
grapes or figs or raisins because the
land at the time had no domestic bees,
only Syrian bees. To extract honey
from their combs, it had to be smoked.
Still, honey was of importance in bibli-
cal times because there was no sugar.
During the Roman period, Italian bees
were introduced to the Middle East, and
bee honey was more common.
The Torah also describes Israel as
eretz zvat chalav u'dvash," the land
flowing with milk and honey, although
the honey was more than likely date
honey, a custom retained by many
Sephardic Jews to this day.
Today, Israel has some 500 bee-
keepers, who have some 90,000 bee-
hives that produce more than 3,500
tons of honey annually. Kibbutz Yad
Mordechai is the largest producer of
honey — 10,000 bottles a day.
According to an article from a few
years ago, the average Israeli eats 125
apples and 750 grams of honey a year,
mostly around the High Holidays.
Among Ashkenazim, challah is
dipped in honey instead of the usual
salt before the blessing over the bread;

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then the blessing — "May it be Your
will to renew for us a good and sweet
year" — is given over the apple, which
is dipped in honey.
Dipping the apple in honey on Rosh
Hashanah is said to symbolize the
desire for a sweet new year. Why an
apple? In Parshat Bereshit, from the
Book of Genesis, Isaac compares the
fragrance of his son Jacob to sadeh
shel tappuchim, a field of apple trees.
Scholars tell us that mystical powers
were ascribed to the apple, and people
believed it provided good health and
personal well being.
Some attribute the use of an apple
to the translation of the story of Adam
and Eve and the forbidden fruit that
caused the expulsion from paradise.
The word honey, or dvash in Hebrew,
has the same numerical value as the
words Av Harachamim, Father of
Mercy. Jews hope that God will be
merciful on Rosh Hashanah as He
judges us for our year's deeds.
Moroccans dip apples in honey
and serve cooked quince, which is an
apple-like fruit, symbolizing a sweet
future. Other Moroccans dip dates in
sesame and anise seeds and powdered
sugar in addition to dipping apples in
honey.
Among some Jews from Egypt, a
sweet jelly made of gourds or coco-
nut is used to ensure a sweet year,
and apples are dipped in sugar water
instead of in honey.
Honey also is used by Jews around
the world not only for dipping apples
but in desserts. Some maintain that
in the phrase "go your way, eat the
fat, drink the sweet,""sweet" refers to
apples and honey.
The following recipes will help make
your Rosh Hashanah sweet.

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