FOTL 2022 - Flipbook - Page 43
A SPECIAL MEAL
MAROR מָרוֹר
Eat the Bitter Vegetable
Maror, the bitter vegetable, gives a small taste of slavery. We
say a blessing over the maror, but when we eat it we do not
lean to the side. For this moment, we are slaves again.
Before we eat the maror, we dip it in charoset. (See the next
page for a description of charoset.) This is the "second dipping"
mentioned in the Four Questions, along with the dipping of
karpas (parsley) in salt water. The maror can be eaten on a
piece of matzah or inside a piece of romaine lettuce.
Prepare the maror and then say:
ק ְדּ ָֽשׁנוִּ א ֶשׁ ר
ֲ העוֹלָ םָ מלֶ ְךֶ ֹלהינ וּ
ֵ אֱ יְ ַָ י א ָתּ הַ ָבּרוּ ְך
ַא ִכילֲ ע לַ וְ ִצ ָֽוּנ וּ בּ ִמ ְצ ָוֹתי וְ
.מרוֹרָ ת
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam,
asher kideshanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu
al achilat maror.
Dear God, Creator of our world, thank You for
giving us rules that make our lives special and for
teaching us to eat this maror at the seder.
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