IDF ready for Rosh Hashanah with tons of food for the troops

Fish, meat, chicken, and turkey by the truckload, a mountain of apples and a flood of honey to give soldiers a sweet start to the Jewish year

By Stuart Winer

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16 September 2012, 2:26 pm Edit

Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

As the State of Israel began the holiday of Rosh Hashanah on Sunday eve, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was ready to give thousands of soldiers a festive feast on their bases.

According to IDF figures, those staying on duty over the holiday were to be fed a total of six tons of fish, 18 tons of turkey, 16 tons of chicken, and 7.5 tons of beef, all washed down with 9,500 bottles of soft drinks. In keeping with the holiday custom, 25 tons of apples were to be dipped into two tons of honey to symbolize a sweet new year.

Toasts made with 7,000 bottles of grape juice were to be raised by soldiers on bases across the country. Also to be devoured: three tons of dried fruit, five and half tons of pomegranates and six tons of dates, rounded off with six tons of honey cake.