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That's not the only reason we picked this chocolate, though. Tonight at sundown marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Head of the Year. We had a party last night with a ton of food prepared by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
schoolpsychnerd, and among the choices she made for ingredients were pomegranate seeds. There's a lot of reasons for this, any or all of which might be true. One story is that pomegranates have 613 seeds, matching the 613 mitzvot, though that makes me wonder who counted all of those seeds to figure that out. Another story is that we're hoping that our fortunes in the new year will be as bountiful as the seeds of the pomegranate. Yet another is just that Israel was praised for its pomegranates in the Bible so it's just an association. You may choose one that fits your desire to eat pomegranate seeds.
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That's not the only reason we picked this chocolate, though. Tonight at sundown marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Head of the Year. We had a party last night with a ton of food prepared by
schoolpsychnerd, and among the choices she made for ingredients were pomegranate seeds. There's a lot of reasons for this, any or all of which might be true. One story is that pomegranates have 613 seeds, matching the 613 mitzvot, though that makes me wonder who counted all of those seeds to figure that out. Another story is that we're hoping that our fortunes in the new year will be as bountiful as the seeds of the pomegranate. Yet another is just that Israel was praised for its pomegranates in the Bible so it's just an association. You may choose one that fits your desire to eat pomegranate seeds.( Read more... )
