Halacha (Kitzur) brings that besides for the Simanim (symbolic foods) mentioned in the Gemara Horiyas and Shulchan Aruch you can Make your own according to the Language of the Country you live in, this had lead to some creative stuff lets see some original Ideas for the Yehi Ratzons and symbolic foods (the example in the Kitzur brings carrots(Meren) which in Yiddish the language of his country also means to inrease)?
asked Aug 30, 2010 at 5:05
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In the spirit of "Kawl HaOmer Davar Bishem Amro", Rav Moshe Heineman came up with the siman "Lettuce, half a raisin, celery"="Let us have a raise in salary."
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I knew that went around, but never heard it in R' Heinemann's name ...– ShalomCommented Sep 8, 2010 at 18:23
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2I grew up in Baltimore and it was common knowledge (through his children) that he did this siman at his table on Rosh HaShanah.– YahuCommented Sep 8, 2010 at 22:10
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@yahu It's confirmed by the STAR-K: "Rav Heinemann shlita introduced a now famous Baltimore siman to take lettuce, half a raisin and celery as an indication to ‘let-us-have-a-raise-in-salary’." star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/628/…– NJMCommented Sep 20, 2019 at 1:44
Don't forget Dates for dates...
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1Assuming you're single! (Or "date night" with your spouse?)– ShalomCommented Sep 16, 2010 at 20:42
I have heard Raisin and celery for a raise in salary and Sardines To be saar (remove) the din Ice Scream for a good new year
answered Aug 30, 2010 at 5:05
answered Mar 2, 2012 at 5:02
Pomegranate - Sh'itpotzetzu soneinu kerimon.
answered Mar 2, 2012 at 5:40
I came up with Schnitzel a few years ago, as in שניצל מכל אויבנו. I just heard this week that Belzer Hassidim eat Sardines on Rosh HaShanah night as a siman for סר דין which means "removal of din".
answered Mar 2, 2012 at 11:11
I am working on one for apples that would be in the pun (rather than sensory) category. Perhaps י
יהי רצון שלא יפיחו חמס נגדינו
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2May it be Your will that You apply mercy to us in judgement.– Isaac Moses ♦Commented Sep 8, 2010 at 18:20
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1"Yehi ratzon shetasim aleinu rachamim badin." No less intelligible than "sheyirbu zechuyoteinu" with a carrot is for Yiddish speakers.– Isaac Moses ♦Commented Sep 8, 2010 at 18:26
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Two I used for the first time this year:
Over apple cider: "Yehi ratzon ... sheta'azreinu leSADER et chayyeinu." - "May it be the Will of God ... that You help us order our lives."
Over papaya: "Yehi ratzo ... sheteracheim 'aleinu keracheim AV 'al banim." - "May it be the Will of God ... that You have mercy on us as a FATHER has mercy on his children."
answered Sep 16, 2010 at 20:27
