Simanim Cards

What you need:

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Instructions:

1. Adjust your printer to fit A5 size paper and load the deckel or cardstock paper
2. Print as many copies of the simanim card as you'd like
3. Carefully glue a few small dried flowers of your choice to each card
4. Use the gold leafing pen to scatter small bits of sparkle throughout the card
5. Spray with ModPodge and let it dry for 24 hours


Put one at every setting at the Rosh Hashanah table.

Simanim card questions

What are simanim cards?

Small cards placed at each seat naming the simanim on the table and what is said over them, so everyone can follow rather than waiting to be told. Making them by hand turns a printable into something that goes on the table year after year.

What goes on the cards?

The simanim your family actually uses, in the order you do them. Which foods are included and what is said over each varies between families and communities — follow your own minhag, and ask your rav if you are unsure. The craft here is the card; the text is yours.

How long does this craft take?

An afternoon, plus drying time for the glue and the sealer. The pressed flowers and gold leafing pen are the slow part and the part worth not rushing. Doing all the cards in one sitting is faster than doing them a few at a time.

Will they survive being on the table?

Sealed with mod podge, yes — that is what the sealer in the materials list is for. Honey and wine land on the table on Rosh Hashanah, and an unsealed card with pressed flowers will not come through it. Sealed and stored flat, they come out again next year.

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