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Apples and honey are a traditional dish served by Ashkenazi Jews on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year's Day and the beginning of the High Holidays.[1]^{[page needed]}

Apples and honey

Place of origin	Originally Israel, also Jewish diaspora
Serving temperature	Room temperature
Main ingredients	Apples, honey
Media: Apples and honey

History

Dipping apples into honey as a celebratory dish and ceremony for Rosh Hashanah likely originated with the Ancient Israelites.[1]

Overview

Apples and honey consists of raw apples sliced and served with a separate dish of honey. A blessing is said in Hebrew over the apples and honey, to ask for a “Sweet New Year”, and the apple is then dipped into the honey and eaten.[1] Dipping apples in honey is a minhag and is not dictated by the Tanakh or the Talmud.[2]

In American-Jewish Culture

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah in English-speaking Ashkenazic schools, young schoolchildren learn the "dip the apple in the honey" song (to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine).[3]

See also

• Rosh Hashanah seder
• Jewish cuisine

References

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