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Karpas: (lit. "greens") the vegetable on the Passover seder plate that is dipped in saltwater and eaten at the beginning of the seder
On a basic level, that is exactly why we do it—so you should ask the question “why?”
Short insights to make your Passover experience more meaningful
What We Do We're doing everything we can to spark questions from the children. If they say, “Hey mom and dad! The table is all set for a grand dinner. Aren’t we supposed to eat real food now? Why just this little itty-bitty piece of vegetable?” -- then yo...
Ingredients and placement
A non-bitter root vegetable alludes to the backbreaking work of the Jews as slaves. The Hebrew letters of the word karpas can be arranged to spell “perech samech” . . .
What unique power does the night of Pesach hold that it can inspire even the most distant soul and touch even the most stubborn skeptic?
The paragraph in the Haggadah which immediately follows the Four Questions contains the response to the four questions. A modicum of thought suffices to uncover the answers inherent in its words: We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the L-rd, our G‑d, ...
We all have something to say about what everyone else is up to. We are quick to criticize and rebuke our friends, neighbors, educators, and leaders...
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