Everything has to be round for Rosh Hashana, so that the year will maintain its wholeness, and not be ragged or cut off. That is the reason for the apple in honey – wholeness and sweetness. So I got the last of the round challahs and am serving not only round gefilte fish with the carrot slice on the top, but also roundish kreplach in the soup, spinach with pinolas and sultanas, a whole chicken, whole potatoes, a round roast, a honey cake, and apple cake, and a plum cake. Can’t figure out how to round out the salad, but maybe it will come to me when I get home from my meetings tomorrow.
The big question is how to complete the bigger issues, how to make a round and sweet life.
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