03/21/2024
Nowruz Mubarak!
Happy New Year!
Nowruz actually began a few days ago, on the first day on spring, as it does every year. no=new ruz=day Nowruz =New Day.
Haft- Sin means 7 S’s but you’ll notice there is more than 7 things, the main 7 are: Apple-Sib, garlic- Sir, dried Oleander-Senjed, Vinegar- serkeh, wheat grass-Sabzeh, samanu- wheat pudding, and sumac- crushed barberries
Here is what everything means:
Flowers: spring, renewal, nature
Mirror: reflection
Candle: light and happiness
Eggs: fertility and for all the babies that will be born this year
Samanu (brown stuff next to the eggs) sweetness, and strength,
Vinegar: age and patience
Apple: age and beauty
Senjed: love
Sumac: spice of life, sunrise
Garlic: health and medicine
Coins in rice: wealth and prosperity
Book of poetry: wisdom, and spirituality
Gold fish: protection / flow of time

I hope that you all, celebrating this holiday or not, have a joyous and prosperous spring!!!
