Rosh Hashanah Plate

Glass Rosh Hashanah plate featuring positions for each of the  simanaim, the symbolic foods eaten primarily on the first night.

 They are part of a wish for a sweet and prosperous New Year.

• Apple in Honey: A sweet year.
• Pomegranate: To be filled with mitzvot (good deeds) and merits.
• Dates: That our enemies/detractors be consumed.
• Leeks or Chard: That our enemies be cut down.
• Beets: That our adversaries depart.
• Gourds/Squash: That our merits be read and evil decrees ripped up.
• Black-eyed Peas or Fenugreek: That our merits increase.
• Carrots: That our decrees be nullified and merits increased.
• Head of Fish/Sheep: To be as the head (leaders) and not the tail (followers)

Plate is approximately 35cm diameter.