As an orthodox Jew I am always making traditional foods. Although I already have 2 recipes that I enjoy for mandelbroit I am happy to try this third for the Sabbath meal. One of my recipes calls for almond paste, the other chopped almonds. When making these for Rosh HaShanna we would definately stick with the original almond version. Completely NOT related in any way to the Kosher Laws, it is a traditon not to eat walnuts on RH as the numerical value of the hebrew letters for walnut is equal to the numerical value of the hebrew for sin. The High Holy days are a time for repentence and symbolic foods have a certain reality such as the apple dipped in honey for a sweet new year. What an interesting comment. I love finding out about different traditions and why they have become tradtions. Thank you for sharing that. Mary @ King Arthur Flour
October 12, 2008 at 1:04pm