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Seder Meal

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Last night I made a modified version of a Seder Meal. It is a traditional Jewish Passover meal served on Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday. We had it on Friday since Justin is not home for dinner on Thursdays. It was neat to make a meal that helped remember and celebrate the full Easter story. I think this will become something we do more often to help teach our kids. And I want to do it with other holidays/events, not just Easter.

I don’t have Seder plates, so I just used random dishes 🙂 I’ll list the traditional Seder elements and then what we had. I’ve read several different versions of the Seder Meal. So, I don’t claim to be 100% accurate about what everyone does for the Seder.

Matzoh: Three unleavened matzohs are placed within the folds of a napkin as a reminder of the haste with which the Israelites fled Egypt, leaving no time for dough to rise. Two are consumed during the service, and one (the Aftkomen), is spirited away and hidden during the ceremony to be later found as a prize.

I just bought some matzoh and warmed it in the oven. We each had 1. 3 matzohs per person would be a lot :p

Maror: bitter herbs, usually horseradish or romaine lettuce, used to symbolize the bitterness of slavery.

I used romaine lettuce.

Charoses: a mixture of apples, nuts, wine and cinnamon, as a reminder of the mortar used by the Jews in the construction of buildings as slaves.

I used chunky cinnamon applesauce (homemade of course:) and topped it with sugar coated pecans (see recipe in previous post). Yum!!

Beitzah: a roasted egg, as a symbol of life and the perpetuation of existence.

I made a hard boiled egg for each of us.

Karpas: a vegetable, preferably parsley or celery, representing hope and redemption; served with a bowl of salted water to represent the tears shed.

I cut up some avocado since we had it on hand. We added it to our romaine lettuce for a salad.

Zeroah: traditionally a piece of roasted lamb shankbone, symbolizing the paschal sacrificial offering.

I didn’t add this. We’ll be having lamb for our Easter dinner.

Wine: four glasses of wine are consumed during the service to represent the four-fold promise of redemption, with a special glass left for Elijah the prophet.

We had red wine. But definitely not 4 glasses :p I can handle about a half glass max. Alcohol and my body don’t mix well. We’ll have more of the wine with our Easter dinner. And maybe I’ll use some of it to cook the lamb.

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