Simanim On Rosh HaShanah
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Question:
Why do we eat different Simanim on Rosh HaShanah?
When do we eat the Simanim?
Answer:
Great question!
Bnei Yisrael have a custom on Rosh HaShanah to eat foods that are symbolic of good fortune for the coming year, [1] which should be eaten on both nights. [2] Eating food symbolizes something positive for the new year.
Before eating the Simanim, one should wash his hands and bless HaMotzi. Therefore, when reciting the berachot on the foods afterward, one should not recite the berachot over the cooked foods and the foods that would be eaten during a meal. [3]
Similarly, The food should be held in the right hand, and a regular blessing is recited over it. One takes a small bite of the food and then adds the appropriate Yehi Ratzon. [4]
In a future Halacha Moment, we will discuss the different types of Simanim.
Sources:
[1]. See Gemara Keritut 6a; Horayot 12a. See also Torah Lishmah ยง31.
[2]. See Eliyah Rabbah ยง1; Shaarei Teshuvah ยง1; Mateh Ephraim 600:14; Machazik Berachah ยง2; Ben Ish Chai; Kaf HaChaim ยง7; Chazon Ovadia, Yamim Noraโim, p. 96; and Yalkut Yosef, Yamim Noraโim, p. 252, which all state that these foods should be eaten on both nights of Rosh HaShanah. The Ben Ish Chai in Netzavim 1:4 adds that he would eat these foods even during the day seudot, as well.
[3]. See Yechaveh Daat 1:82; Chazon Ovadia, Yamim Noraโim, p. 97; and Yalkut Yosef, Yamim Noraโim, p. 255. This is also the opinion of Rabbi Ben Tzion Abba Shaul in Ohr LeTzion, vol. 4, 3:3. See also Shemesh UโMagen 3:72, which says that the custom in Morocco was to eat these foods between Kiddush and HaMotzi.
[4].Ben Ish Chai, Netzavim 1:4; Kaf HaChaim ยง16; Ohr LeTzion, vol. 4, 3:1; Torat HaMoadim, Yamim Noraโim, p. 68; Yalkut Yosef, Yamim Noraโim, p. 253.
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