The seder plate (clockwise): Maror (bitter herbs to remember the bitterness of slavery), Z'roa (a lamb shank to commemorate the marking of the Hebrew households' doors and the sacrifices in the old Temple), Charoses (thick date jam said to resemble mortar, to remind us that our forefathers were forced to build for the Egyptians), Chazeres (more bitter herbs), Beitzah (a roasted egg as a symbolic substitute for a sacrifice, because Jews no longer make animal sacrifices)
My parents' house, Highgate, London, UK
April 23rd 2005
3 Comments:
what's the brown thing at the bottom between the jam and the bitter herbs?
um... actually the brown thing is a horseradish root, so the bitter herbs, and the next one is something I forgot to mention when I wrote the post. It's meant to be ordinary lettuce, and I can't remember the symbolism of it offhand.
green veges are carpas meant to symbolize the spring, the time of year when the Jews were set free.
Chag sameach ;)
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