LEADER: Let each of us take a sprig of parsley and dip it in the salt water.

ALL: Baruch atah ADONAI, Eloheynu Melech ha'olam, borey p'ri ha'adamah

Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, Who creates the fruit of the earth.

ALL: As we eat this vegetable, we recall all good gifts come from God. We remember that our ancestors were farmers. With the salt water we also recall the tears shed from suffering under bitter slavery, and give thanks that God heard the cries of the Hebrew slaves: Exodus 2:23 "The  Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God...” As we partake of this parsley dipped in salt water, we remember that even the sweetness of life may be immersed in tears, and we thank God that through much suffering, He has made us a People and a Nation.

LEADER: Let us eat the parsley together.


haggadah Section: Karpas