Strange New Fruits Appear in Markets for Rosh Hashanah

Dragon Fruit

It's customary to have a new fruit on the table when we make the Shehecheyanu blessing on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. We remember when that meant figs or dates that we hadn't eaten since the previous year. But times are changing, and it seems that each New Year brings strange new fruits to our supermarkets.

Horned Melon

Today we visited a supermarket in Monsey, New York and found a vast display of fruits that are not seen all year, such as dragon fruit, cherimoya, horned melon, pepino melon, guanabana, star fruit, and rambutan. They command high prices and we suspect that they are grown just to be conversation pieces as families sit down for a Rosh Hashanah meal.

Rambutan

The Yavneh Hebrew Academy of Los Angeles sent student reporter Gabi Wachtel to the local market to size up the displays of new fruit for the New Year. He checked out the individual fruits and tasted them with the help of a local expert. Then it was time to check out all the varieties of apples and honey. What new fruit will you be eating Wednesday evening?

Enjoy!

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