Jennifer Sabin and her daughter had always planned to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with her parents in New Jersey this week.
But because of Hurricane Irma, it's the second time they'll have made that trip in two weeks. And she didn't think twice about it.
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"I think it's important for my daughter to see the traditions forming," says Sabin, of Palm Beach Gardens, who along with 7-year-old daughter Sophie drove a whole day through rain in a dying car to escape the storm.
"I have an amazing family, and to me it's about being with family. I'd rather be with them, having the apples and honey."
For the Sabins and others, food is "part of a tremendous symbolism with Rosh Hashanah. From very young, we learn the song 'Dip the apple in the honey,'" says Rabbi Moshe Cheplowitz, of Gardens Jewish Experience in Palm Beach Gardens.
"We dip the apples and our challah bread, to have a happy, healthy and sweet New Year."
But the proximity of Hurricane Irma to Rosh Hashanah, which begins Wednesday evening and ends Friday evening, was a potential interruption for local Jewish families. For Sabin, it meant changing travel plans to make sure that she was able to spend it with her family.
In Rabbi Cheplowitz's congregation, many "left to (places) from Orlando to Alabama, trying to get out of harm's way.
We had one family that had been planning to go north for the holiday anyway, and instead of coming back here, they took a flight from wherever they'd fled and went to their family a little bit early."
And wherever they go, those families will likely cement not only their religious celebration but their bond with traditional foods that incorporate honey, apples, challah bread and more, says Joanna Caras, a Port St.
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