Why do you eat pomegranate on Jewish new year?

Answer 1

In Israel pomegranates ripen around the time of Rosh Hashanah and are eaten as a new fruit for the new year. In addition, Jews eat pomegranate in the hope that their good deeds should be as numerous as the seeds in a pomegranate.

Answer 2

The pomegranate is eaten on the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hoshanah.

Its symbolism:

According to Jewish tradition, the pomegranate symbolizes righteousness, since its numerous seeds hint to the 613 mitzvot/commandments of the Torah (Talmud, Berakhot 57a). The pomegranate also symbolizes fruitfulness. It is one of the Seven Species in which the land of Israel was blessed (Deuteronomy 8:8). The Seven Species are: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates.

The top of the pomegranate is crown-shaped, and it is said that Solomon designed his crown based on it. Torah scroll handles are often covered with two hollow silver pomegranates, when the Torah isn't being read.

Answer 3

Sweet fruits are symbolic of the wish to have a sweet new year. The huge number of seeds in a pomegranate are symbols of plenty, so eating pomegranate is symbolic of the wish for a year of plenty, and particularly, for the wish that our good deeds be plentiful.