Set the Seder Table with:

Seder Plate with:

Zeroa - Shankbone or Roasted Beet

Beitzah - Roasted Egg or Avocado Pit

Maror - Horseradish or other bitter herb

Karpas - Parsley or other vegetable

Chazeret - Romaine lettuce

Charoset

Three pieces of matzah, covered

A cup full of wine for Elijah

A cup full of water for Miriam

A basin of water and something to pour with for handwashing

Enough wine or grape juice for each person to have four small glasses

Small dishes of salt water for dipping

Passover is a holiday of deep symbolismm and there is a lot of For example, many American Jews put oranges on the seder plate to symbolize the role of women and queer people in contemporary Judaism. Some Sephardic Jews include scallions or green onions to jestingly whip each other with. In Eastern Europe, potato is sometimes used to substitute for the parsley.

Black Jewish food historian Michael Twitty has developed the African American Seder plate, with sweet potato for the karpas, chili for the chazeret, collard greens for the maror, chicken bone for the zeroa, charoset made of pecans and molasses, and okra for a reminder of African heritage.

What do you put on your seder plate? What could you add to reflect your experience in the world?


haggadah Section: Introduction