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Rosh Hashanah Seder Plate
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2021/052
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Rosh Hashanah Seder Plate
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO] Asaf Miller
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Rosh Hashanah seder plate consisting of a wheel thrown glazed plate, glazed, 8 pomegranate bowls glazed red and a handmade beehive honey pot with a wooden dipper. Each of the 8 Pomegranate bowls imprinted with Hebrew and English words: Pomegranate, Date, Gourd, Apple & Honey, Ram's Head, Beets, Leek and Beans.
A Rosh Hashanah seder is a uniquely Mizrahi tradition, where blessings are recited over a variety of symbolic foods such as dates, leeks, spinach, pomegranate, pumpkin, and cow or fish head. The ritual is known as a seder because the blessings are in a particular order (seder being the Hebrew word for order). The blessing for the pomegranate is "That we may be full of good deeds/commandments like the pomegranate."
Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) is celebrated in synagogues by hearing the shofar (ram's horn) blasts and a festival meal at home. It is customary to eat especially sweet foods to bless the New Year. Several sweet delicacies were served in Arab lands and Iran: naranjes, sharopi, maztapan, mustachidos, travados, sweet beurekitos with walnuts, sugar and honey, baklava and biscuits.
A Rosh Hashanah seder is a uniquely Mizrahi tradition, where blessings are recited over a variety of symbolic foods such as dates, leeks, spinach, pomegranate, pumpkin, and cow or fish head. The ritual is known as a seder because the blessings are in a particular order (seder being the Hebrew word for order). The blessing for the pomegranate is "That we may be full of good deeds/commandments like the pomegranate."
Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) is celebrated in synagogues by hearing the shofar (ram's horn) blasts and a festival meal at home. It is customary to eat especially sweet foods to bless the New Year. Several sweet delicacies were served in Arab lands and Iran: naranjes, sharopi, maztapan, mustachidos, travados, sweet beurekitos with walnuts, sugar and honey, baklava and biscuits.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 2019 - 2019
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Rosh Hashanah, religious festivals, Judaism, Sephardi Jewry
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]plates
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- plate diameter: 295.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.