Why Pomegranates?

Why do we eat "Rimonim ~ Pomegranates" on Rosh Hashanah?

During circle time one day, with our older children- we drew a "Rimon" on the whiteboard! 

A "Rimon" has lots of seeds. Some people say it has 613 seeds, which is the number of Mitzvot in the Torah! (Maybe towards the end of this year we can attempt to count the seeds!)

We did a fun activity to teach the children the significance of pomegranates on Rosh Hashana!

We took out the special "Treasure Chest" and each child had a chance to put their hand in, and pick out a picture---all the pictures were that of Mitzvot.

After choosing a mitzvah, the child stuck the picture into one of the many seeds we drew all around the board!

It was a fun activity to remind us why we eat pomegranates! We hope we will have a year filled with as many mitzvot as there are seeds in a pomegranate!