Podcast Episode 7: Entering 5778 with Signs and Wonders

On Rosh Hashanah, we dip apples in honey for a sweet new year, and some have the custom to include many edible “signs” (simanim) for the year to come. Rachel, Shoshanna, and Anne consider what are these “simanim” in Judaism – idolatry? hocus pocus? prayer? – and come to some interesting conclusions about Jewish unity.