Pomegranate seeds make up about half the weight of the pomegranate—much unlike say, a juicy lemon, where you can easily pick out the few seeds—and are encased in arils.

Q. Help! I bought a pomegranate at the store and am unsure what to do with it now. Should I cut it open? Peel it? Any suggestions?

Pomegranates are celebrated as a symbol of abundance, knowledge and righteousness. Subscribe. Log In. Minnesota News You Can Use. Subscribe. The Latest. 14 minutes ago.

With a sharp knife, you'll first slice off the top end of the fruit. Cut off just enough to reveal some of the seeds inside, and you'll also see the natural sections of the pomegranate.

The Pomegranate's Seeds Are Plentiful, And So Is Their Symbolism. Pomegranates are typically eaten on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, being a "new fruit" that has only just come into season.

The fruit’s numerous seeds led some to say that the seeds corresponded to the 613 commandments of the Torah. (In fact, most pomegranates have somewhere between 400 and 800 seeds, but it’s a ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, has many wonderful foods associated with it. Apples, honey, beef brisket, noodle kugel — and shining on this list are pomegranates, that one-of-a-kind ...

FILE – A bucket of pomegranates appear in a kitchen in Concord, N.H. on Sept. 3, 3009. The ruby red fruit, which resembles a large apple but only its seeds are edible, is in season in September.

By Katie Workman. For The Associated Press. Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated Oct. 2 to 4 this year and has many wonderful foods associated with it.