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is nothing quite like the piercing of the shofar blasts throughout the month of Elul that brings the sense of the upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Once the night of Selichot prayers arrives for Ashkenazi Jews, the Saturday night prior to the holiday, the feeling of Rosh Hashanah intensifies. It practically at the doorstep. You start humming the entrancing melodies. But as the hustle and bustle of holiday preparation gets underway, there are culinary markers, too. September comes with a mellowness. Bundles of brown woods-y cinnamon sticks, stacked like petite log piles, are added to long simmering soups and jams. All that summer produce, bubbling away on the stove. There are so many traditional culinary preparations for Rosh Hashanah. Aside from the endearing ritual of the […]
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Tehilla Goldberg

IJN columnist | View from Central Park


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