Eat A "New Fruit" For Rosh Hashanah

It is traditional to eat a “new fruit” on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. By “new fruit,” we mean a fruit that has just ripened, and that we have not yet eaten this season.

Introduction

A custom exists dating back to Biblical times to serve a pomegranate as this “new fruit.” The pomegranate is one of the Seven Species for which the Land of Israel is celebrated (Deut. 8:8).

Ingredients

One Pomegranate!

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Preparation

Before we eat the 'new fruit', we chant the Shehechiyanu blessing:

Baruch Ata Adonai Eloeinu Melech Haolam

Shehechiyanu Vekiyemanu Vehigianu Lazman Haze

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe,

who has kept us alive, and sustained us, and

enabled us to reach this moment

With this blessing we thank G-d for giving us life, and for helping us survive to enjoy this moment.