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Reflection on Maror
When we eat the maror, it makes our eyes water. Its bitterness turns our faces red. We lose control for a moment, and laugh because it's freeing. We cannot keep up appearances while eating maror, and so we don't try to.Our sinuses ...Marorcontributed by Ezra Match -
Maror
When most of us think of maror, or bitter herbs, we think of khreyn (Yiddish for horseradish). But when you think about it, horseradish is not really bitter… it is pungent and spicy. According to the Talmud, the correct vegetabl ...Marorcontributed by Danielle Selber -
Maror SSLI
Maror comes from the hebrew word for bitter. The maror symbolizes the bitterness ...Marorcontributed by Sara Balsam -
Maror (Bitter Herbs) by Hanan
This animation was created for the project Project ...Marorcontributed by Hanan Harchol -
Maror/Charoset
Maror (bitter herbs, such as horseradish)--the symbol of bitterness and slavery of the Israelites in Egypt. Today, in a Jewish community that is free, this bitterness takes on another layer of meaning. We acknowledge that there ar ...Marorcontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
The Wandering is Over Haggadah
Dipping the bitter herb in sweet charoset | maror |מָרוֹר In creating a holiday about the joy of freedom, we turn the story of our bitter hist ...Marorcontributed by JewishBoston.com -
JWW: Chazeret
This second bitter herb represents the bitterness of abandonment. The Jews enslaved in Egypt were not only oppressed, they endured the added pain of feeling alone. Many who have survived genocide say that the idea that no one is c ...Marorcontributed by Michelle Westmiller -
Bitter Herb Taste Test
What is a Bitter Herb? When most of us think of bitter herbs, that maror, we think of khreyn (Yiddish for horseradish). But when you think about it, horseradish is not really bitter. It is pungent or spicy. According to the Talmud ...Marorcontributed by Rabbi Benjamin Adler -
Maror
By: Rabbi David Jaffe In Talmud Bavli Pesachim 115b, Rava teaches, "[One who] swallows the matzah [without chewing] has fulfilled the obligation [of eating matzah]. [However, one who] swallows the maror [without chewing] does not ...Marorcontributed by Uri L'Tzedek -
In Every Generation
The Maror is a symbol of the bitter lives of our ancestors who were slaves in Egypt. They had to toil as builders and as field workers. Our rabbis teach that each generation experiences the Exodus anew: B’chol dor vador, c ...Marorcontributed by Wesley Harris -
The Bitter Herb
A Meditation on Maror By Ira Steingroot (from A Different Night:: The Family Participation Haggadah, by Noam Zion and David Dishon) Personally, I cannot imagine Passover without horseradish. Its combination of intense plea ...Marorcontributed by Kalsman Institute
