Elegant Natural Bamboo Rosh Hashana Seder Plate

Passover isn’t the only time of the Jewish year in which we can have a Seder. Many Jews, especially in the Sephardic and Mizrachi Jewish communities, bring out another Seder plate for the festival of Rosh Hashanah.

The seder plate is filled with special foods called simanim, which literally means “signs.” These foods symbolize good omens to the future, and the imperative to eat them on Rosh Hashanah comes directly from the Talmud: “A person should always be accustomed to seeing these on Rosh HaShanah: squash and fenugreek (a clover-like herb), leeks and chard, and dates, as each of these grows quickly and serves as a positive omen for one’s actions during the coming year.”