Rosh HaShana customs
Some people eat the head of a lamb, others the head of a fish, and make the Yehi Ratzon to be like the head and not the tail. We like the Yehi Ratzon, but we do not like want a lambs head or a fish head on our table, so we have modified the custom, and normally make the Yehi Ratzon over the gummy fish candy, where we cut off the tail, and only eat the head.
This year, though, we forgot to buy fish head candy. So there we were, on Rosh HaShana eve without any fish heads. We looked through our candy supply, and found gummy worms, and decided to make the Yehi Ratzon over the gummy worm heads.
There was an added bonus to using Gummy worms. They are manufactured with a head on both ends, so we did not have to waste any part of the precious gummy worm, and could make the Yehi Ratzon over both ends.
As a side point to this story, a year ago my brother brought his Israeli girlfriend (or Kallah, I don't remember if they were engaged) to my parent's home for Rosh HaShana. When they served the Fish Head candy, she thought it was a joke, and kept waiting for the real fish head to make an appearance.
Now married, they came back for a Rosh HaShana visit, and this time my new sister in law insisted that my mom serve a real fish head instead of candy.
What's wrong with her?
This year, though, we forgot to buy fish head candy. So there we were, on Rosh HaShana eve without any fish heads. We looked through our candy supply, and found gummy worms, and decided to make the Yehi Ratzon over the gummy worm heads.
There was an added bonus to using Gummy worms. They are manufactured with a head on both ends, so we did not have to waste any part of the precious gummy worm, and could make the Yehi Ratzon over both ends.
As a side point to this story, a year ago my brother brought his Israeli girlfriend (or Kallah, I don't remember if they were engaged) to my parent's home for Rosh HaShana. When they served the Fish Head candy, she thought it was a joke, and kept waiting for the real fish head to make an appearance.
Now married, they came back for a Rosh HaShana visit, and this time my new sister in law insisted that my mom serve a real fish head instead of candy.
What's wrong with her?
posted by Air Time at 10:24 AM
6 Comments:
YOU'RE NOT THE ONE WHO HAD TO LOOOK AT THE FREAKIN FISH HEAD...
AND NO CANDY THIS YEAR!
i didnt eat ANYTHING
Oh c'mon. There are many funny things that can be done with fish heads. They're a holiday treat...
-OC
I love to hear and read variations in family minhagim. Your "gummy fish" minhag sounds like something right out of THE SIMPSONS!
The fish head was delicious! You guys missed out...And she was the kalla then
A similar candy-yhi razon story happened this year. Several of us were at a Hillel (no, I'm not in college...), when we had an apple, a pomegranate and ... candy - little candy thingys. Not as perfect as bi-headed gummy worms, but the yhi razon as jokingly stated by a young fellow was that "May our enemies be multi-colored, small, and easily disperesed." Amen.
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