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Rosh Hashanah Some of the foods traditionally eaten at a Rosh Hashanah seder The Seder for the night of Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish tradition of eating a festive meal composed of symbolic foods, reciting psalms , and singing zmirot . The word seder means "order" in Hebrew, denoting the specific and ritually meaningful order in which the courses of the meal proceeds. Generally, symbolic foods to be eaten during the Seder are known the Simanim (literally, "symbols" or "signs"), eaten in a specific order, with the appropriate blessings over the food.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Some of the foods traditionally eaten at a Rosh Hashanah seder A Rosh Hashanah seder is a festive meal held on the Jewish holy day of Rosh Hashanah . At the Rosh Hashanah seder, special foods known as sianiais (signs) are served.
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Some of the foods traditionally eaten at a Rosh Hashanah seder A Rosh Hashanah seder is a festive meal held on the Jewish holy day of Rosh Hashanah . At the Rosh Hashanah seder, special foods known as simanim (signs) are served.
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festive meal held on the jewish holy day of rosh hashanah
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jewish tradition of eating a festive meal composed of symbolic foods
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