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Shana Tova!

To all of our Jewish friends, Happy New Year or Shana Tova! For all of you who are not familiar with this Jewish Holiday, it is celebrated on the 7th month of the Hebrew calender. Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (one of four "new year" observances that define various legal "years" for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shmita) and jubilee(yovel) years. Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either analogically or literally the creation of the World, or Universe. However, according to one view in the Talmud, that of R. Eleazar, Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man, which entails that five days earlier, the 25 of Elul, was the first day of creation of the Universe.

The Mishnah, the core text of Judaism's oral Torah, contains the first known reference to Rosh Hashanah as the "day of judgment." In the Talmud tractate on Rosh Hashanah it states that three books of account are opened on Rosh Hashanah, wherein the fate of the wicked, the righteous, and those of an intermediate class are recorded. The names of the righteous are immediately inscribed in the book of life, and they are sealed "to live." The middle class are allowed a respite of ten days, until Yom Kippur, to repent and become righteous; the wicked are "blotted out of the book of the living."

Rosh Hashanah meals and symbolic foods

Silver honey dish used on Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah table set with symbolic foods

Rosh Hashanah meals usually include apples and honey, to symbolize a sweet new year. Various other foods with a symbolic meaning may be served, depending on local minhag ("custom"), such as cooked tongue or other meat from the head of an animal or fish (to symbolize the "head" of the year).

Foods consumed with the Yehi Ratzons vary depending on the community. Some of the symbolic foods eaten are dates, black-eyed beans, leek, spinach and gourd, all of which are mentioned in the Talmud.Pomegranates are used in many traditions. The use of apples and honey is a late medieval Ashkenaziaddition, though it is now almost universally accepted. Typically, round challah bread is served, to symbolize the cycle of the year. Gefilte fish and Lekach are commonly served by Ashkenazic Jews on this holiday. On the second night, new fruits are served to warrant inclusion of the shehecheyanu blessing, the saying of which would otherwise be doubtful (as the second day is part of the "long day" mentioned above).

Other symbolic foods are eaten in a special Rosha Hashana Seder, particularly in the Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. Symbolic foods are eaten in a ceremony called the Yehi Rasones or Yehi Ratzones^[15][16][17].

Yehi Ratzon means "May it be Your will", and is the name of the ceremony because it is traditional to eat foods symbolic of a good year and to recite a short prayer beginning with the Hebrew words "Yehi Ratson" ("May it be Your will") over each one, with the name of the food in Hebrew or Aramaic often presenting a play on words or pun in Hebrew or Aramaic. The foods eaten at this time have thus become known as "yehi ratsones". Typical foods, often served on a large platter called a Yehi Ratson platter, eaten by modern Sephardic Jews include apples dipped in honey, or baked or sometimes in the form of a compote calledmansanada; dates; pomegranates, or black eyed peas; pumpkin in the form of savory pumpkin-filled pastries called rodanchas; leeks in the form of fritters called keftedes de prasa; beets usually baked and peeled; and the head of a fish: usually a fish course with a whole fish, head intact. It is also common to symbolize a year filled with blessings by eating foods with stuffing on Rosh Hashana such as a stuffed, roast bird or a variety of stuffed vegetables called legumbres yaprakes.

I hope you enjoyed reading about this cultural snippet of the the Jewish Religion. Till the next time!

New Items!

New Prints in the ruffle style came in today. They are print in the front and in the back they're Lamé.

Metallic Rainbow Print $25.00 each piece

Metallic Tiger Print $25.00 a piece

                       

Rainy Miami Days

Even though rainy days are not the best for bikini sales... they are great for picture taking. Here are some pics I took and edited right here in beautiful Miami, Florida. Enjoy!

Exercise Apparel @ Femme Jolie

Come and get your exercise clothing here at our
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 Miami, FL 33183. Call us at 305-279-4376.

What you wear during your workout is just as important as your workout itself. An ill-fitting outfit can make the difference between a good workout and a bad one. Plus, you want to feel good and part of that is looking good!

Stop by our store and try on our Jolie Sport collection on for size. Bright colored Activewear made out of high quality Lycra. No more boring, sad colors that you can easily find anywhere and everywhere. You'll feel and look great on your next trip to the gym or park!

Trend Alert!

Some of you may have seen a new trend recently while Swimwear shopping. The scrunched bottom. We definitely carry unique bikini bottoms that have the "butterfly" back. Simply put it's an elastic ran down the middle of the back of a bottom. This creates a very flattering effect ans actually helps shape a woman's bottom. You should definitely pass by our store and try one of these styles on today!

We also carry the closed version of this cut as you will see below...

Also available are the heat transfer motifs such as angel wings and also the plain version of both of these bottoms.

Scrunched bottom w/long ties $17.99

How to wear a Batik Sarong

Batiks starting at $9.99

Many of you may be familiar with a Batik Sarong . They are seen in almost every resort shop and anywhere tropical. Batik is the general term for a cloth that has been dyed using a wax-resist technique. Here in our store we carry a variety of Batik Sarong prints and also solids colors. These can be used in many many ways... These prints are also turned into beautiful Summer dresses. A must have accessory for any vacation or plain and simple, every Summer season, the Batik Sarong is a very versatile piece of clothing. Here are just some of the ways you can use you next sarong.

Hair Accessories

Accessories from $2.00-$7.00

If there is something that has never gone out of style it has got to be hair accessories. Since we were little girls our mothers always did our hair and added a cute bow or ribbon or clip... Well, now that we've grown up we haven't out-grown one thing... you guessed it. Though things have evolved and fashion has moved forward being more avant-garde, Zipper accessories made a splash in the fashion world but let's not forget our always popular Flower pins. There is such a great variety of things that you can wear on your hair! From butterflies to zippers to flowers to who knows what's next!? We also offer handmade accessories here at our store. Made by none other than me. I'm always looking for different things I can use to decorate and accessorize a woman's closet. Stay tuned.

Sexy Apparel

Sequins Thong Set $65.00

Aside from being a swimsuit store we also carry many sexy items including this black sequins triangle top and thong set. We carry a small section of exotic dancewear that we are continually updating.This outfit is available in black with gold trim, black with silver and black and metallic black trim.

Grand Opening

We recently had our Grand Opening last Saturday and it went great! We are a new store located in Miami, Florida. We carry a wide variety of Swimwear and Activewear for women. Including prints, metallics and solid colors we have over 60 colors to choose from! Make sure to drop-in if you are in the area. Located at 7572 SW 117th Ave in the TJ MAXX Plaza, we are open from 11am -8 pm from Monday to Saturday. Call us at 305-279-4376.