Health & Fitness
Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac ushers in Jewish New Year
With the Jewish New Year beginning the evening of September 4, members of Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac prepared for the festival by baking round challah bread, a food traditionally eaten on the holiday.
Children and adults shaped their own challah under the watchful eye of expert challah-baker Marilyn Arsham of Mahopac. Round challah bread is traditionally eaten on Rosh Hashanah to mark the cyclical nature of the calendar.
A traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting is for a “sweet” year. For this reason, honey is customarily eaten on the festival, often with apples.
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Temple Beth Shalom, which is home to the Putnam Sunday Farmers Market, offered local wildflower honey from one of the market vendors, an apiary (bee farm) in Hopewell Junction.
The Jewish year 5774 begins at sunset on September 4th. The major High Holyday period concludes with Yom Kippur on September 13/14. Temple Beth Shalom is at 760 Route 6 in Mahopac, www.tbsmahopac.org.
