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There's a joke that's told of a Jew who invites a non-Jewish friend to a Passover meal. Afterward, the guest remarks that the food wasn't too good. "It's not supposed to be," the Jew says.

That joke "never would have been told in a Sephardic community," says Clifford Wright, a Santa Monica cookbook author, teacher and expert on Mediterranean food. In Tunisia, "the food is so exotic and interesting and spicy hot," Wright says.

For this Rosh Hashana, a couple of dozen people will join Cohen and his partner in life and in business, Evelyn Baran, at their table. Like for a Passover Seder, many Tunisian holiday tables will hold about a dozen symbolic foods over which prayers are said.

Figs, apples and honey are there for prayers for a sweet year. Dates are included so "that we elevate ourselves like palm trees and that our sins disappear forever," Cohen says. Sesame seeds suggest a proliferation of virtues. A fish symbolizes fertility.

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-roshhashana16-2009sep16,0,3562104.story?track=rss

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Today's the day of attonement... Tomorrow's the party. And after what a said about my Redskins yesterday and still think today, I do have some attoning to do.

May we all forgive those who have wronged us intentionally or not and be forgiven by those who we have wronged intentionally and not. A year of peace and hope to all.

Bless you all whatever your beliefs.

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