#9 Maror

For this blessing, take a kezayit (the volume of one olive) of the maror. Dip it into the Charoset, but not so much that the bitter taste is neutralized.

Today, most Jews use horseradish as maror. Originally, though, maror was probably a bitter lettuce. Like life in Egypt, these lettuces and roots taste sweet when one first bites into them, but then become bitter as one eats more.


haggadah Section: Maror