It’s a tradition on Rosh Hashanah, to eat a variety of random foods as symbols for the upcoming Jewish New Year.
Each food has a different meaning, weakly attributed to its name in Aramaic or Hebrew. At any given time there is at least one food that you will find completely revolting (fish head anyone?) and a couple others that you kind of like anyway.
But what you didn’t know is that each food you like actually tells you everything you need to know about your own personality and what type of neurosis awaits you in the coming year.
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Beans are called Rubia in Aramaic, which sounds like the word for multiplicity, i.e. you want “your merits to multiply”.
Interpretation
You’re a people-pleasing perfectionist.
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But gourd’s name in Aramaic is Kara, which means tear, as in “Evil decrees declared against you should be torn up”. (Why this would end up affecting only evil decrees and not the good stuff just because you want it to is beyond me)
Interpretation
You’re paranoid. Someone’s got an evil decree out against you? Really? You’re that important? No you’re not. Bad luck is bad luck, it happens to everyone. And if you’d stop playing the victim and manifesting your own downfall into your life because you’re used to it, maybe things would pick up for once. You’d be able to drop that nasty gourd eating habit of yours - an added bonus.
Another appetizing classic. I can think of many things that I wouldn’t want to Leek in this coming year, from my roof to my bladder, but apparently it goes by the Aramaic meaning only. So in Aramaic a leek is Karti, which means “your enemies should get chopped off/mowed down”. Nice.
Interpretation
You vengeful sonofabitch. All you can think about for the new year is what should happen to your enemies? You could wish for wealth, love, or three more wishes, and you’re like “I hope they die. And come back to life. And die again”. Really? Does stealing your parking spot really justify this? You’ve got anger issues. Let go. Breath. You’re hurting yourself more than you’re hurting
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I bet a lot of you would have picked date from this list. Well, guess what – the word for date in Hebrew is Tamar, as in “may my enemies be finished (off)”.
Interpretation
You and leek lover should get married. Have some nice Jewish babies together. At least you’re not as forceful about it – he needs his enemies diced, you just want them ended. So on the spectrum of 1 to 10, he’s an 11 and you’re an 8.
Good job. Keep being the voice of balance and reason in the world.
A timeless classic in the shtetls of Poland, the word for beet is Selek and it means you “want your enemies to be banished”
Interpretation
Your sense of victimhood is so strong you are incapable of banishing your inner and outer demons completely. At least Leek and Date have the strength of character to seek total annihilation of their imaginary enemies. You prefer to banish them deeper in your subconscious - where they can continue to wreak havoc on your relationships and health. Your recurring migraines? Yup.
You were waiting for this one, right? That’s why I put it at the end. We dip apples in honey in the hopes that we’ll have a “sweet new year” . For some reason even though it tastes great, Nestle hasn’t packaged it as a yearlong snack
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