Preparing for Rosh Hashanah September 8, 2010Alena Fishkin, right, age 9, dips apples slices into a bowl of honey with her brother, Grant, age 12, as their mother prepares a Rosh Hashanah meal on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at their Peoria home. Many Jews eat apples and honey together to ensure a sweet new year. The Fishkins will serve a buffet-style Rosh Hashanah meal at their home on Thursday evening for about 30 people, Ladona Fishkin said. Ladona Fishkin stirs a pot of homemade apple sauce as she cooks foods to be served at a Thursday evening Rosh Hashanah dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at her Peoria home. Apples are a common symbolic food served at Rosh Hashanah because its sweetness is thought to help usher in a sweet new year.
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