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Rosh Hashana · 03

The Rosh Hashana Table

Low effort, big reward — the five things I actually do.

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Place setting with ivory linen napkin tied in olive silk ribbon, fig branch and brass flatware

The story

Ivory Linen, Fig Branch, Brass

One branch per setting does more than a centrepiece. The napkin is tied, not folded — it takes ten seconds and reads as intention.

Tehilla’s note

Decide the table before the menu. Once the colour is settled, the food only has to be good.

Low effort, big reward

  1. 01

    Apples as the centrepiece

    Take apples in a few different colors, slice one open the vertical way and stick flowers straight into it as a centrepiece. You can layer it with lemons and eucalyptus too — add a toothpick to the bottom of each stem to hold it in the apple.

    Halved apples and lemons used as tiny vases for white ranunculus and wildflowers down a linen table runner

  2. 02

    A honey jar at every seat

    Put a tiny honey jar and a wooden honey stick by each place. It does more for the table than any centrepiece, and everyone gets to dip without reaching.

    Small jars of honey covered in linen and burlap beside carved wooden honey stickslink

  3. 03

    Dried orange place cards

    Dry orange slices, poke a hole through, and thread a piece of twine with a little place-card name attached to it.

    Dried orange slice and hand-lettered place card tied with twine over a scalloped napkin on floral china

  4. 04

    Tealights in apples

    Core the tops of apples and place tea lights inside for a warm glow. Run them down the center of the table with tall taper candles in mismatched vintage candlesticks, mixing different heights for dimension. To make the candlesticks feel more special, tie a thin velvet ribbon around the base of a few candles or tuck a tiny sprig of rosemary or eucalyptus into the knot. Scatter a few pomegranates, pears, or clusters of grapes between everything to create a layered, abundant centerpiece that feels festive but still elegant and modern.

    Candlelit Rosh Hashana table with tealights set into hollowed apples among eucalyptus, pears and pomegranates

  5. 05

    The printed fabric placemats

    I ordered these gorgeous fabric placemats for my table—and, for me at least, they’re practically neutral. 

    Scalloped floral fabric placemat set with cream china, linen napkin and dried orange slicelink

  6. 06

    One patterned plate, everything else plain

    One of my all-time favorite timeless china collections is from Zara Home. I love how easily you can dress it up or down and layer it with different colors, patterns, and textures. The sage green especially feels so versatile—it works beautifully with almost everything.

    Green floral transferware plate resting on rumpled natural linenlink

Palette & materials

Palette
Paper ivory, olive, oxidised brass, one bruise of pomegranate from the fruit itself.
Materials
Washed linen, speckled stoneware, unlacquered brass, raw silk ribbon.
Table centre with halved pomegranates, green apples and a jar of honey between brass candlesticks

The Fruit Is the Centrepiece

Cut the pomegranates and let them sit down the middle of the table. Colour arrives from the food, never from the linen.

Deep pomegranate, apple green, candle wax white.