<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>simanim and there "real" versus imaginary or "hopeful" placebo effect upon us......</div><div>with rosh hashanna approaching, certain members of our tribe, engage in the <br></div><div>practice of placing, eating and prefacing the eating of certain fruits, vegetables, <br></div><div>and "l'rosh v'lo l'zanaf" fish heads on our plates. <br></div><div>my question is, i am sure (though i was not there) that many of these practices were</div><div>performed prior to wwii, prior to the spanish inquisition, prior to the chevron massacres, <br></div><div>etc., <br></div><div>however, on the flip side, we know that a melech has (i believe it is a requirement)</div><div>to be "crowned" by a body of water.......from which we learn out, that the koach of</div><div><span>simanim</span>- is real and exists. how do we shtim these two possible
outcomes??? </div></div></body></html>