FOTL 2022 - Flipbook - Page 11
FIRST STEPS
KARPAS כּ ַרְ פַּס
Eat a Green Vegetable
Dipped in Salt Water
Passover celebrates the start
of spring. As cold and dark days
end, green leaves return to the trees
and flowers blossom again. Trees and
plants are free to grow. To mark spring’s
return, we eat karpas (kar-PAHS),
which means “green vegetable.”
Parsley or celery can be good karpas. Before we
eat the karpas, we dip it in salt water. The salty taste
reminds us of the tears that the slaves cried in Egypt.
It also reminds us of the sadness and pain of slavery.
Dip the green vegetable in salt water, then say:
.ה ֲא ָד ָמהָ פ ִר יְ א
ּבֹור
ֵ העֹולָ םָ מלֶ ְךֶ ֹלהינ ּו
ֵ אֱ ָיְ י א ָת הַ ָברּו ְך
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam,
borei peri ha’adama.
Dear God, Creator of our world, thank You for creating
fruits and vegetables that grow out of the earth.
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