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Rosh Hashanah

White in the synagogue, and on the table golden honey, red pomegranate and round golden bread.

Shofar, pomegranates, wine, apples and honey
Photo: N100a . The original uploader was N100a at Hebrew Wikipedia ., Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year and the start of ten days of reflection. In the synagogue the curtain of the ark, the covers of the Torah scrolls and the reader's desk are changed to white, and many people dress in white. The colour stands for purity and for the hope of forgiveness, after the line in Isaiah that sins red as scarlet shall become white as snow. At home the colours are warmer. Slices of apple are dipped in golden honey for a sweet year. The bread, challah, is baked round rather than plaited. A pomegranate is eaten, red and full of seeds, with the wish that good deeds be as many as its seeds.

#FFFFFFArk whiteSynagogue hangings and dress: purity and forgiveness.
#E0A526Honey goldHoney for a sweet year.
#A8182DPomegranate redA fruit of many seeds, for many good deeds.
#9BC15AApple greenApples dipped in honey.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

WhiteThe colour of the High Holy Days.ScarletThe colour of sin in the verse from Isaiah.AmberHoney.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Rosh Hashanah" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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