Every kid in day school or yeshiva will come home singing the traditional song “dip the apple in the honey…”.  Does that make dipping the apple in honey a tradition or a custom accepted by all?  Many of the symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashana have developed from tradition, albeit they are really almost customs since they date back to many years.  Yet, dipping the apple in the honey is actually found in the ’shulchan orach’ making it a ‘minhag’ which is a true custom for Rosh Hashana.  Many ‘minhagim’ aka customs are considered ‘halacha’ once accepted by the vast majority.

As you savor the flavor of sweetness while dipping the apple into honey this Rosh Hashanah, do bear in mind that you and all your family and friends and klal Yisrael should have a sweet new year.  The sweetest year would be one of a speedy redemption from Galus.