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| Our Seder table last night. In front: a special hand-made matzo. |
From above, you can see the symbolic foods that remind us of parts of the Passover story of the Jews exodus from Egypt and escape from slavery to freedom:
- Matzo, because the Jews had no time to allow their bread to rise, so we eat unleavened bread.
- Charoset, a fruit paste that symbolizes the mortar that the enslaved Jews used to make the pyramids.
- Salt water, reminding us of the tears they shed, missing their freedom.
- An egg and parsley because this is a spring festival of renewal.
- A lamb bone commemorating the Pascal lamb, sacrificed by the Jews to warn the Angel of Death to spare them when the angel came for the first-born of Egyptian families (the final plague).
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| Traditional matzo ball soup with carrots. |
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| For a main course for the meal, I made a chicken dish from Ottolenghi's website. Above: before and after photos of the chicken. Link: Chicken with prunes, potatoes, and pomegranate molasses. |
Mae, this looks beautiful and I really appreciate the background of why certain foods are included. And delicious, too. Wishing you a beautiful and sacred Passover.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a wonderful holiday! Happy Passover!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful table setting, and thanks for all the information on what the various dishes symbolise.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely presented and what a spread! Thanks for the explaination of the symbolic foods, I like learning new things.
ReplyDeleteLovely table!
ReplyDeleteYour table looks lovely Mae. Mazel Tov!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely table. Enjoyed seeing all those special foods. I'm still hoping to be adopted by a Jewish grandmother someday. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so wonderful, Happy Passover!
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