We place a Seder Plate at our table as a reminder to discuss certain aspects of the Passover story. Each item has its own significance. There are still some symbols on our seder plate we haven’t talked about yet:

Maror  – The bitter herb. This symbolizes the harshness of lives of the Jews in Egypt and the bitterness of slavery.

Charoset  – A delicious mix of sweet wine, apples, cinnamon and nuts that resembles the mortar used as bricks of the many buildings the Jewish slaves built in Egypt.

Zeroah  – A shankbone (or beet) which represents the sacrifices we have made to survive. Before the tenth plague, our people slaughtered lambs and marked our doors with blood: because of this marking, the Angel of Death passed over our homes and our first-born were spared.

Beitzah  – The egg symbolizes holiday offerings and birth.

Orange  - The orange on the seder plate has come to symbolize full inclusion in modern day Judaism for women, the LGBTQ community, Jews of color, intermarried couples, and people with disabilities.


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu