Apples and honey serve as key Rosh Hashanah symbols, says rabbi

The traditional foods that are consumed during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which began Wednesday at sunset, complement the deeper meaning of the holiday, a rabbi told Fox News Digital. 

"Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Jewish year," Daniel Rowe, rabbi and senior educator at Aish Jerusalem, said in a video interview. "It's also seen as a day of judgment and it's a celebration – because that judgment sounds very harsh." (See the video at the top of this article.)  

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