We picked organic apples with some homeschool-y friends on Friday and then spent the afternoon canning 42 pints of applesauce!
Today, Mane and I spent the day preparing our Rosh Hashanah table and discussing the meaning of the holiday, which officially began last night and continues until sundown tomorrow (since the Jewish calendar begins the day at sundown). It is the Jewish New Year. It is celebrated with harvest fruits, firstfruits. The apples are dipped in honey and eaten with a prayer asking for a sweet and happy year to come.
When I got home from work we lit the candles, offered prayers & blessings and then dipped our apples in honey...