Round Challah with Honey and Raisins

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Apple and Honey Challah

This recipe was shared by Einat Admony. Read more about her family in "Einat Admony’s Rosh Hashanah Table" and try her recipes for Yemenite beef and white bean stew, spicy tomato salad, and fresh herb salad.

Date Challah Mantou with Date Syrup

Inspired by the Jewish New Year tradition of eating round challahs, Jamie Wei braids her mantou into beautiful round buns and studs them with sticky-sweet dates for an extra sweet touch. 

Matzah Ball Soup

Ashe Anar (Pomegranate Soup With Meatballs)

“This is my favorite soup,” cookbook author Rottem Lieberson explains. Her family serves it on Rosh Hashanah and on Friday afternoons before Shabbat settles in.

Iraqi Dumpling Soup With Green Beans

This recipe was shared by Annabel Rabiyah. Read more about her family in "This Cook Honors Her Father’s Iraqi-Jewish Heritage in the Kitchen" and try her recipe for ingriye (roasted eggplant with tomatoes and beef).

Fesenjan (Persian Chicken With Walnuts and Pomegranate Preserves)

This recipe was shared by Einat Admony. Read more about her family in "Einat Admony’s Rosh Hashanah Table" and try her recipes for jeweled rice tahdig, fresh herb salad, and baked apples with meringue.

Braised Chicken with Onions, Olives, and Prunes

Coffee-Braised Brisket

Beef Kofta Curry

This recipe was shared by Max Nye. Read more about his family in "This Family’s Rosh Hashanah Table in London Links Them to India and Baghdad" and try his recipes for Pantras (Fried Crepes Filled With Chicken), Rose Harissa and Pea Pilau With Crunchy Onions, and Carrot Meetha (Sweet Carrots)

Tahdig (Crispy Saffron Rice With Barberries and Potatoes)

No Persian meal is complete without rice. This rendition with sour barberries and a crispy tahdig or crust is from Hanom’s kitchen.

Rose Harissa and Pea Pilau With Crunchy Burnt Onions

This recipe was shared by Max Nye. Read more about his family in "This Family’s Rosh Hashanah Table in London Links Them to India and Baghdad" and try his recipes for Pantras (Fried Crepes Filled With Chicken), Beef Kofta Curry, and Carrot Meetha (Sweet Carrots)

Tzimmes With Dates, Pomegranate, and Mint

Arugula Salad with Fennel

Fried Eggplant With Mint Vinaigrette

Hanom always served fried eggplant, says cookbook author Rottem Lieberson. This is her own rendition of her grandmother’s recipe.

Joan Nathan's Plum Tart

This recipe was shared by Joan Nathan. Read more about her family in "The Dishes That Mark the High Holidays for Joan Nathan" and try her recipe for herring in sour cream.

Classic Apple Cake

Nearly all of Pauline’s recipes that were written down — and many of the family photos — were lost in a house fire caused by lightning. The one recipe that survived was this one apple cake, which was written on a card that was tucked into a cookbook.

Ethiopian Honey Tart

This sweet tart was inspired by a heritage trip chef and artist Elazar Tamano took with his father Melaku to Ethiopia. They visited Melaku’s old village where his neighbors welcomed them “with a rustic Ethiopian hospitality,” Elazar shares. “They have a beehive in the yard and keep the honey in...

Apple and Date Challah Bread Pudding

This recipe was shared by Einat Admony. Read more about her family in "Einat Admony’s Rosh Hashanah Table" and try her recipes for apple and honey challah, fresh herb salad, and yemenite stew.

Teiglach

A dessert made of small knots of dough boiled in honey, teiglach is often served on Rosh Hashanah as a nod to a sweet new year. In Latvia, Anna Gershenson’s mother Rhoda always purchased teiglach for the holiday from a woman who sold them from her home kitchen. Before leaving the Soviet Union for...