What text is in the Leather Rosh Hashanah Booklet?
It includes Kiddush for Rosh Hashanah night and Bentching (Birchas Hamazon), along with the Yehi Ratzon for each of the Rosh Hashanah simanim:
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ וֵאלֹקֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ...
• Apple & Honey: שֶׁתְּחַדֵּשׁ עָלֵינוּ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה
• Pomegranate: שֶׁנַּרְבֶּה זְכֻיּוֹת כְּרִמּוֹן
• Fish: שֶׁנִּפְרֶה וְנִרְבֶּה כְּדָגִים
• Head of Fish / Sheep: שֶׁנִּהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב
• Carrots: שֶׁיִּרְבּוּ זְכֻיּוֹתֵינוּ
• Leek / Cabbage: שֶׁיִּכָּרְתוּ שׂוֹנְאֵינוּ
• Beets: שֶׁיִּסְתַּלְּקוּ אוֹיְבֵינוּ
• Dates: שֶׁיִּתַּמּוּ שׂוֹנְאֵינוּ
• Gourd: שֶׁיִּקָּרַע גְּזַר דִּינֵנוּ וְיִקָּרְאוּ לְפָנֶיךָ זְכֻיּוֹתֵינוּ
What do the Rosh Hashanah Simanim mean?
The Rosh Hashanah Simanim are symbolic foods eaten on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, each accompanied by a Yehi Ratzon prayer. Through these prayers, we ask Hashem for a sweet new year, increased merits, to multiply like fish, to be at the head and not the tail, and for our enemies to be removed and our merits brought before Him.
