7. Seder Plate
• Roasted lamb shankbone: (called • Charoset: Sweet salad of apples, nuts, wine,
zeroah), which commemorates the and cinnamon that represents the mortar
paschal (lamb) sacrifice made the night used by the Hebrew slaves to make bricks
the ancient Hebrews fled Egypt
• Karpas: Karpas is a green vegetable, usually
• Roasted egg: The roasted egg (baytsah)
parsley (though any spring green will do).
usually signifying springtime and
Karpas symbolizes the freshness of spring
renewal
• Maror (“bitter herb”): Bring tears to • Chazeret: Often romaine lettuce or carrot
the eyes and recall the bitterness of plant. The symbolism is the same as that of
slavery maror
8. Afikoman
• The middle Matzah
• Conclude the Seder (dessert)
• Keep the young awake and interested to the end of the Seder
