Celebrate the Jewish holiday Passover by learning what goes on a Seder plate! Though there will be a feast after the ceremony, this first plate is full of tradition where each element represents part of the story of Passover.
Please note that these are the traditional Seder foods. There have been many additions over the years.
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Beitzah (boiled then roasted egg) - This represents rebirth, mourning, and sacrifice.
Charoset (chopped apples, honey, spices, wine, and nuts) - This represents the bricks and mortar used by enslaved Israelites to build the pyramids.
Chazeret (lettuce) - This represents the bitterness of slavery.
Karpas (green vegetables, like parsley) - This represents a bittersweet hope, gruelling hard work, or slavery; dependent on who you ask. The karpas will be dipped in salt water during the meal, to represent the tears of Hebrew slaves.
Maror (bitter herbs, like horseradish) - This represents the bitterness of slavery.
Matzah (thin, cracker-like bread) - This represents the bread that Jews quickly made to bring with them on the Exodus, as there was no time to let the bread rise. Matzah is technically placed on a plate near to the Seder plate.
Zeroah (roasted bone with some meat (traditionally lamp)) - This represents the Paschal sacrifice.