Many contemporary Jews add additional items to the seder plate to symbolize modern liberation struggles. The most common new item is an orange, which honors the role of women and LGBTQ+ people in Jewish life. A famous story is that a man once scoffed at the idea of a woman being a rabbi and said "A woman on the bimah (the podium on which people stand to read from the Torah) is like an orange on a seder plate". We now place an orange in the center of the seder plate to signify the inclusion of these marginalized communities, as well as celebrating the fruitfulness that they bring to Jewish life. 


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu