{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "seder-plate-meaning", "title": "The Seder Plate Meaning", "author": "Dara Barlin", "author_handle": "dgbarlin126025", "author_initials": "DB", "covertext": "The Meaning of the Seder Plate \t Maror — Bitter herbs, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the slavery the Hebr...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>The Meaning of the Seder Plate</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li> <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maror\">Maror</a></em> — Bitter herbs, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the slavery the Hebrews endured in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt\">Egypt</a>. In Ashkenazi tradition, either <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseradish\">horseradish</a> or romaine lettuce may be eaten in the fulfillment of the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzvah\">mitzvah</a> of eating bitter herbs during the Seder.</li>\n\t<li> <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haroset\">Haroset</a></em> — A sweet, brown mixture representing the mortar used by the Hebrew slaves to build the storehouses or pyramids of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt\">Egypt</a>. In <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi\">Ashkenazi</a> <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew\">Jewish</a> homes, Charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon\">cinnamon</a>, and sweet red wine.</li>\n\t<li> <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpas\">Karpas</a></em> — A vegetable other than bitter herbs, which is dipped into salt water at the beginning of the Seder.<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley\">Parsley</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery\">celery</a> or boiled potato is usually used. The dipping of a simple vegetable bounces into salt water (which represents tears) mirrors the pain felt by the Hebrew slaves in Egypt.</li>\n\t<li><strong>The shank bone</strong> represents the Pesach, the special lamb sacrifice made in the days of the Temple for the Passover holiday. It is called the pesach, from the Hebrew word meaning “to pass over,” because God passed over the houses of our ancestors in Egypt when visiting plagues upon our oppressors.</li>\n\t<li> <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitza\">Beitzah</a></em> — A roasted hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korban_chagigah&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">korban chagigah</a></em> (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem\">Temple in Jerusalem</a> as a symbol of mourning (as eggs are the first thing served to mourners after a funeral), evoking the idea of mourning over the destruction of the Temple and our inability to offer any kind of sacrifices in honor of the Pesach holiday.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Other items on the Table set</p>\n\n<p>A bowl of salt water, which is used for the first \"dipping\" of the Seder, is placed on or beside the seder plate.</p>\n\n<p>There is a plate of three whole <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matzo\">matzot</a>, which are stacked and separated from each other by cloths or napkins. The middle matzah will be broken and half of it put aside for the <em><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afikoman\">afikoman</a></em>. Matza is flat bread and symbolises the yeast less bread that was eaten by the Hebrews after they were set free.</p>\n\n<p>Over the years, Pesach has often been used as an occasion for political or social commentary yielding in some new, more modern additions to the seder plate.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(fruit)\">Orange</a> — The orange represents the fruitfulness for all Jews when all marginalized peoples are included, particularly women and gay people. A common rumor says that this tradition began when a man told <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Heschel\">Susannah Heschel</a> that \"a woman belongs on the bimah as an orange on the seder plate\". The more true story is a bit more complicated, but the new tradition seeks to repudiate the sexism and homophobia that has been ubiquitous in some Jewish communities.</li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive\">Olive</a> - The olive represents our desire to extend an olive branch to Israel's neighbors in Palestine, so that the people in the middle east can find peace... and maybe even true friendship.</li>\n\t<li>Pickle (Cornichon)- While we seek and hope for peace in the Middle East, we also recognize that years of disagreements and varying world views often leave those in Israel and Palestine in a Pickle!</li>\n</ul>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 258, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "The Seder Plate Meaning | Passover haggadah by Dara Barlin", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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