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tag: punning Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? Thank you to Nili Simhai and Yosh Schulman for sharing the Farsi (Persian) Nusaḥ of this punful minhag — the order of reciting kavvanot (intentions) for the New Year. Profound thanks are also due to Rabbi Simcha Daniel Burstyn of Kibbutz Lotan for his translation. Please help the Open Siddur Project by helping to translate and transcribe all of the Hebrew and Farsi in this seder. Sol’e nu Mobarak! سال نو مبارک — L’shanah Tova! . . . Categories: Tags: festive meals, Needing Transcription, Nusaḥ Farsi, punning, סגולות segulot, סעודות seudot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods, teḥinot during meals, teḥinot over foods Contributor(s): A pun filled ditty by the Fall 2010 Jewish environmental educators of the Teva Learning Center. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, humor, peace, Prayers of Jewish Farmers, punning, Teva Learning Alliance, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): 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. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., festive meals, punning, סגולות segulot, סעודות seudot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods Contributor(s): Many communities have a custom of reciting “simanim” on the night of Rosh haShanah — invocations on a series of foods punning over their Hebrew or Aramaic names. This is an assortment of common simanim, along with English loose translations that preserve the punning aspects of the foods. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., festive meals, punning, סגולות segulot, סעודות seudot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods, teḥinot during meals, teḥinot over foods Contributor(s): If you are doing a Rosh Hashanah seder of simanim (signs, augurs, portents) using food puns, here are some topical additions including for beginning the Shmitah year. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): | ||
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