Karpas: Greens כַּרְפַּס

Hot tip: Seders are long! This is a great spot to have a salad or snack on some veggies while we talk.

What do we really need to eat, to survive? Are we entitled to more? Especially when others cannot access even these necessities? Karpas questions our decadence, as others struggle to survive under the burden that our overconsumption places upon them – whose tears are more valuable?
Ma Nishtana - A GLBTQ + Ally Haggadah, Keshet

Fun Fact: You’ll notice that the Hebrew for this Passover blessing is the same as the blessing over the wine, except for the last word. Instead of hagafen (vine), you say ha’adamah (earth). Take a piece of parsley from the seder table and dip it into the salt water provided. We eat a green vegetable dipped in salt water. The green vegetable represents rebirth, renewal and growth;  the salt water represents the tears of enslavement. Recite the blessing before eating the vegetable. (Sources: B'Nai Mitzvah Academy and the Velveteen Rabbi's Haggadah.)

בָּרוּךְ אַתַּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיתוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech haolam, borei p’ri ha’adamah.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the earth.


haggadah Section: Karpas