Why Some Don’t Dip the Apple in Honey

Podcast: Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi · JewishPodcasts.fm

Opublikowano: 2026-09-06

Why would anyone avoid honey on the very night when we are asking Hashem for a sweet year? The answer takes us from the ancient customs of Ashkenaz to the Kabbalists of the Sephardic world, and reveals two remarkably different ways of understanding honey, judgment, and sweetness. Along the way we discover why bee honey may actually be the perfect symbol of transforming into , why the Ben Ish Chai preferred white sugar, and why the apple itself—with its taste, appearance, and fragrance—carries a much deeper Rosh Hashanah message than we might ever...