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Think you know your Rosh Hashana facts?🍎
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Put your knowledge to the test with these rapid-fire Rosh Hashana questions, featuring Rabbi Chaim Goldberg-and they’re all questions submitted by you! Have a happy, sweet new year!🍯 #kosher #kashrut #roshhashana #oukosher #honey #fish #simanim
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Rabbi Goldberg, can I ask you some Rosh
Hashana questions? Rosh Hashana? Go
right ahead. Do I have to wash and check my
simanim for bugs? It depends on which ones,
some of them do require bug checking, some of them
are fine as is. What do I need to know about the
head of the fish? You should definitely try and
stick to a farmed fish, that way you don't have
any issues with worms in the heads of fish. But if
you were getting something that was wild caught,
you might potentially have issues.
Some people only have it on the table,
they don't actually eat it, then it doesn't
make a difference. Do you do simanim both
days or just once? There are different customs
and most people do it only on the first day,
but there are some people who do it the second
day. Ask your father, ask your rabbi. Which day
do you eat the new fruit and make a shehechiyanu?
The shehechiyanu is for the second day,
not the first day. What constitutes a new fruit?
It gets complicated, typically you want to look
for something that's not available the whole year
and is relatively seasonal. If you're not sure,
you could ask your rabbi. Can I make up my own
simanim? You can. The Mishnah Berura talks about
what ways that you would potentially go about
doing that. If you'll look at the typical list
of simanim that people will use during Rosh
Hashana, it's usually based on Yiddish words
and expressions. There was a joke about half
a raisin and celery as a tefillah for having
a raise in your salary. Is there an issue with
having nuts on Rosh Hashana? We try to avoid nuts,
and specifically Rosh Hashana time, the
Magen Avraham talks about why we want
to avoid nuts. If there's nuts mixed into a
cake or cookie or something else like that,
you can let it go, but try to avoid nuts of all
types. Thank you so much. Happy sweet new year.