The Seder Plate At your tables, discuss the significance that each of the items on the seder plate has for you.

Karpas – A green, spring vegetable symbolizing spring’s bounty. Beitzah  

A boiled egg symbolizing the cycle of life. Z’roah

A roasted beet (or shank bone) symbolizing the sacrifices offered.

Maror - Bitter herbs symbolizing the bitterness of oppression. Charoset -

A mixture of nuts, fruit and wine symbolizing the mortar Israelite slaves used.

Orange – Symbolizing building Jewish community where women, queer, and transgender people are welcomed and recognized as full, valued participants.

Olive – Symbolizing the self-determination of the Palestinian people and an invitation to Jewish communities to become allies to Palestinian liberation struggles.


haggadah Section: Yachatz