Karpas (backwards serach) letters = sixty   60 x 10,000 = 600,000 (estimated number of Jews in Egypt at time of Exodus),  original number of souls  of Israel att Mt. Sinai, letters in Torah (actually 304,805 black and the rest white)     Yisrael -yesh shishim ribo otiyot l'torah = there are 600,00 letters in the Torah

karpas = kaf - palm of hand  reish - one who is impoverished  peh  - mouth  samech - to support


haggadah Section: Karpas