Italian Rosh Hashana seder

Italian recipes

Courtesy of my husband's cousin!

Yekke menu (except we REALLY don't hold by inventing simanim or brachos!)

The Maharil mentions eating the head of a sheep. I'm trying to remember where I saw this, but the Maharam MeRothenburg dipped his fish in honey as well.

In Alsace people used to eat cinnamon cakes and plum ( Read more... )

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• 15:20:48: So the "weird number" I was afraid to pick up was the school trying to get to me and tell me they want to meet me! looool! bh
• 17:44:26: So that's where my mikve finds its stuff! lol http://mikvah.org/mall/mikvah_items
• 17:59:02: Hey, they have my fav mikve! http://mikvah.org/gallery/54

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