Why do we prepare a round challah for the Jewish New Year? When the holiday approaches, the month of Elul is a time of reflection on our past year and the beginning of teshuvah, or repentance. We prepare ourselves to reflect, repent, and ask for forgiveness. There’s something wonderfully therapeutic about it.
And like the Passover seder when there are specific foods to enjoy as a meaningful part of the holiday, Rosh Hashanah is no different: We dip apples in honey for a sweet new year, we say a blessing over a new fruit, we might put out the head of a fish on our table for prosperity and abundance, and we enjoy sweet, round challah.
There are many explanations about the significance of a round challah. The circular nature of our year and seasons, or how a round challah resembles a crown, thus crowning god the king on the New Year. And there is also another explanation, which that it is a way to distinguish the already sacred challah as something even more special and distinctive for the New Year. How is this night different from all others? Sweetness and fluidity and hope for the coming year….
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