KARPAS                                               DIPPING A GREEN VEGETABLE IN SALT WATER 􏰥􏰦􏰞􏰛 􏰣􏰢􏰧􏰛􏰞

Passover, like many of our holidays, combines the celebration of an event from our Jewish memory with recognition of the cycles of nature. As we remember the liberation from Egypt, we also recognize the stirrings of spring and rebirth happening in the world around us.

We now take a vegetable, like parsley or Kohlrabi, representing spring, and dip it into salt water, a symbol of the tears our ancestors shed as slaves. Before we eat it, we recite a short blessing:

􏰬 􏰫􏰭 􏰝 􏰭 􏰯􏰾 􏰬􏰭 􏰨 􏰣 􏰩 􏰦􏰢 􏰛 􏰯 􏰣 􏰰 􏰜 􏰤 􏰶􏰛 􏰿 􏰹 􏰴􏰭 􏰰 􏰤 􏰲 􏰬􏰭 􏰱􏰢 􏰴􏰻 􏰫􏰻 􏰛 􏰤 􏰷 􏰨 􏰬􏰜 􏰰 􏰴 􏰯􏱀 􏰿 􏰭 􏰨 􏰢 􏰨 􏰬 􏰼􏰭                   בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה

Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree ha-adama.

We praise God, Spirit of Everything, who creates the fruits of the earth.


haggadah Section: Karpas