[Avodah] Tidbits for R"H

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Fri Sep 27 12:50:19 PDT 2019


On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 03:08:31PM -0400, Cantor Wolberg via Avodah wrote:
> The question has been asked why we did the apple into honey.
> The standard answer is to symbolize a sweet year.
> But why honey? Why not something else sweet.

R' Meir Shapiro (the Lubliner Rav, not the more recent RMS) has another
a nice answer:

Honey is unique in being a kosher food has a non-kosher source. It is
therefore an elegant symbol of teshuvah.

:-)BBii!
-Micha


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