Pipeline Torah Gem #896, 2025-19: A Sweet Year
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Vaughn Seward
Sep 22, 2025, 6:09:58 PM9/22/25
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A Sweet Year
"And He would feed him with the cream of wheat, and from a rock I would sate you with honey." (Psalm 81:17) Whenever Israel obeys God, He provides for them handsomely. In the Wilderness, for example, He fed them manna, which was more succulent and nutritious than the cream of the wheat (Ibn Ezra). And from the sea of Dabbash I will satisfy you. In the Wilderness, God also gave them water from the well of Miriam, whose waters were sweeter than honey (Ibn Ezra). Roke'ach observes that this verse is a most appropriate conclusion, since this psalm is so intimately related to Rosh Hashanah. On Rosh Hashanah we pray for a sweet and pleasant New Year. It is customary to dip an apple in honey on that day and to offer a prayer for a sweet year. Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 355. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
The Yiddish word for carrots, "meren", also means to make more, to increase. That's why Jews traditionally eat carrots on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's Day — it's a sign that their good deeds and length of their days will hopefully increase during the coming year. [From "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish" by Rabbi Benjamin Blech]
"And He would feed him with the cream of wheat, and from a rock I would sate you with honey." (Psalm 81:17) Whenever Israel obeys God, He provides for them handsomely. In the Wilderness, for example, He fed them manna, which was more succulent and nutritious than the cream of the wheat (Ibn Ezra). And from the sea of Dabbash I will satisfy you. In the Wilderness, God also gave them water from the well of Miriam, whose waters were sweeter than honey (Ibn Ezra). Roke'ach observes that this verse is a most appropriate conclusion, since this psalm is so intimately related to Rosh Hashanah. On Rosh Hashanah we pray for a sweet and pleasant New Year. It is customary to dip an apple in honey on that day and to offer a prayer for a sweet year. Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 355. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
The Yiddish word for carrots, "meren", also means to make more, to increase. That's why Jews traditionally eat carrots on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's Day — it's a sign that their good deeds and length of their days will hopefully increase during the coming year. [From "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish" by Rabbi Benjamin Blech]
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