בס״ד

Kavanot: Simanim 5787

Thoughts on Tanach and the Davening

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סימנא מילתא היא

הוריות יב,א

ת׳היה ש׳נה של ”פָּנ“ים ז׳ורמים

There is nothing like a good pun, and these are nothing like good puns.

This year I asked Grok, Gemini and Copilot for help. May this be a year AI helps us achieve all our important goals, like new puns!

You might be looking for:

Kiddush

Trader Joe’s Sara Bee Moscato

this is the year we all “moscato”-long with each other
and bees & honey are a cute Rosh Hashana theme
and may this be the year Savti Sara Be appreciating my puns

apples in honey
dates
pomegranate

because Rosh Hashana

gummy fish heads

because real fish heads are gross

raisins and celery

Rav Noach Weinberg’s siman. May we have a raisin celery

whirled peas

may this be a year of “world peace”. My contribution to כלל ישראל

figs

may we fig-ure out the solutions to the world’s problems (Grok)

grapes

may we have a grape year (Grok)

freeze-dried strawberries

may we have a berry sweet year

Coca Cola

may this year be קולה“ טוב”

Dips

(they’re not dips; they are spreads—may we spread joy and peace throughout the world)

black eyed pea hummus with garam masala

traditional siman: רוביא
may this be the year Mashiach is cumin
and a year full of carda-mom-ents of joy
and may 5787 be cinnamon-ymous with happiness and ברכה (Copilot)

red onion/date jam

may our children be “redt” good shidduchim and go on productive “dates”
and may we live this year בצל“ כנפי השכינה”.

spinach/cilantro pesto

סילקא is probably really spinach, not beets
cilantro in Hebrew is גד, “good fortune”
and may this year be filled with צדקה and cilantropy
(and hopefully better puns than “cilantropy”)

olive tapenade

Olive you all!
and may olive your dreams come true (Copilot)

pita chips

May we all chip in to help each other
May all the good things in life be re-pita-dly multiplied. (Copilot)

simanim soup

butternut squash soup with leeks and fenugreek

traditional simanim
and may our enemies be squashed
and may we have a “soup”er year!

Bundt pan meatloaf

בשר

may this year be a year of בשורות טובות. Thanks to Phyllis Shapiro for teaching me this one.

roast vegetables

carrots and golden beets in orange/thyme sauce

traditional simanim
and may we beet our enemies
and may we have plenty of thyme for תורה and מצוות
and “0range” we glad it is a new year!

roast broccoli and cauliflower

cruciferous vegetables are כרוב in Hebrew
may we see the rebuilding of the בית המקדש and the כרובים on the ארון,‎ במהרה בימינו
and the flowering of our redemption (Grok)

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