We eat the maror, a bitter herb, to remind us of the suffering of our ancestors and the bitterness that precedes freedom, but we mix it with charoset to represent the binding not only of the cement the charoset represents, but the binding ties of slavery. We don't lean for this one!

Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror. We praise God, Ruler of Everything, who made us holy by commanding us to fulfill mitzvahs, commanding us to eat bitter herbs


haggadah Section: Maror
Source: Susannah Goya-Pack