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פנים: An accounting of punny foods for the Rosh Hashanah feasts by R’ Stephen Belsky

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As חז”ל [Ḥazal] taught us, on ראש השנה [Rosh Hashanah] we elevate puns from the lowest form of humor to the highest religious experience. The foods suggested by our Sages had names in Aramaic or Hebrew that symbolized hopes for the new year — here is a list of foods with English names for those of us for whom English is our vernacular: . . . → Read More: פנים: An accounting of punny foods for the Rosh Hashanah feasts by R’ Stephen Belsky

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