Apple Picking with Hillel!
Apples! Come Pick Some Fresh Apples!!
Apples and Honey are customarily eaten during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Together they symbolize a hope for a sweet new year!
The Jewish High Holidays began at sundown on Sunday, September 9, opening with Rosh Hashanah and culminating with Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah, which translates from Hebrew as "the head of the year," marks the birth of the world, or the anniversary of creation as described in the Torah. This 10-day period on the Jewish calendar focuses on "Teshuva" or "return" - to our better selves.
Jews are commanded to repair damaged relationships and hurts they have caused to others and to themselves, either deliberately or inadvertently. Jews mark the holiday with festive meals (of course!), prayer services, and greetings of other L'shanah tovah tikateivu v'techateimu, which means "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."