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Seder Rosh Hashanah
The customs of Rosh Hashanah, such as bread and honey, and apple
and honey, a new fruit on the second night, and eating other sweet
dishes, are universally known, but there are a range of different
traditions.
The best known is the Seder Rosh Hashanah over different fruits
and vegetables, which follows the blessing for and eating of the
bread in honey. However, there are additional customs, brought below
in their correct order.
 Before
Kiddush
I. To recite "Eliahu Hanavi" and then to recite the
following verses:
Venoach matza chen be'einei Hashem
- And Noah found favour in the eyes of the L-rd. [12 times]
Vayizra Yitzhak ba'aretz hahi
vayimtza bashanah hahi me'ah she'arim, vayevarcheihu
- And Isaac planted in the land and he found in that
year one hundered gates, and he blessed them. [12 times]
Ki imecha mekor chayim, be'orecha
nireh-or - And with You is the source of life,
and in Your light shall we see light. [10 times]
Or zaru'a latzadik, uleyishrei-lev
simchah - Light (of Creation) shall shine for
the righteous (in the World to Come) and happiness for the upright.
[17 times]
Va'amartem koh lechai, ve'ata
shalom uveitecha shalom vechol asher lecha shalom
- And when you have said "lechaim", may you know peace,
your household know peace, and all that that is yours know peace.
[10 times]
Tachel shanah uvirchoteha
- Let the New Year begin and its blessings.
2. To recite two series of "bakashot" (requests), beginning
with:
Ana Hashem Ha-el hagadol hagibor vehanora
- O G-d, great, mighty and awe-inspiring Creator, we beseech
you:
After Hamotzi (bread)
3. To recite special verses and partake of symbolic fruits and
vegetables, especially those whose names carry the same word root
as that of the request, or symbolise sweetness, prosperity, good
fortune.
The symbols vary slightly, here are two lists of sedarim (orders)
and their verses:
| Tamar - dates
Rubiya (aniseeds) or Lubiya (white or green
beans)
Karti - leeks
Salka (Hebrew: selek) - Swiss chard, can
be beetrot
K'ra - pumpkin
Rimon - Pomegranate
Apple in cooked sugar or honey
Sheep or fish head (verses include a reference
to Akedat Yitzhak, Abraham's trial of the command to sacrifice
Isaac) |
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Tamar - dates (two verses
recited)
Apple in honey
Karti - leeks (two verses recited)
Salka - beetroot or Swiss chard (two verses
recited)
K'ra - pumpkin
Fish head (two verses recited)
Sheep's head (commemorating Abraham's trial
of the command to sacrifice Isaac)
Rimon - Pomegranate |
More: (by
Noam Zion, in pdf format for download)
- Symbolic Foods and New Year’s Wishes
- The Rosh HaShanah Seder Menu & the Tunisian “Honey
Page”
- The Power of the Pun: Inventing your own Seder of Rosh HaShanah
Seder
Rosh Hashana in Russian |