Tzimmes for Tzipporah

This count down to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah exploreslife and celebration on a family farm through the eyes of a young girl allowed to help with preparations forthe first time.

It-s just three days until the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. A young girl and her family are getting ready for the traditional holiday feast. Family and friends gather to help harvest and clean the fall root vegetables, mix them with honey and dried fruits, and cook them into the traditional sweet vegetable stew, called tzimmes, -for a sweet new year.-  It-s hard but satisfying work that leaves everyone with aching arms, sore feet and happy hearts. When Rosh Hashanah morning arrives, they join together at the synagogue to hear the shofar, the horn that is blown to announce that the holid