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Sybil Kaplan, Canadian Jewish News, April 8, 2019

What Passover seder symbol is found in the traditions of all Jewish communities, but is not mentioned in the biblical passage that enjoins us to eat the paschal offering, matzah and bitter herbs? Haroset.

We define haroset loosely as a paste of fruit, spices, wine and matzah meal that’s symbolic of the mortar used by the Hebrews when they were slaves in Egypt.

The word is of unknown origin, but may come from the word “heres,” meaning clay, because of its colour. The custom of eating haroset is thought to have come from the time of the Babylonians, who dipped food in relishes or sauces to add flavour.

Different versions of haroset appear in the Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions.

The New York Times Passover Cookbook, edited by Linda Amster, says that the Iraqi version is one of the oldest and most time-consuming recipes, dating back to the Babylonian exile of 579 BCE. Made into a jam from dates, grapes, pomegranate and honey, it was a sweetener in the ancient world and is still used by Iraqi, Burmese, Syrian and Indian Jews.

The Talmud says that haroset must be sharp in taste and similar to clay in substance and colour, thus the recipe varies among different communities.

Ashkenazim tend to use apples, chopped almonds (or other nuts), cinnamon, red wine and sometimes matzah meal. Sephardim and those from Middle Eastern countries tend to use fruits that grew in the Land of Israel in biblical times, such as grapes, figs, dates, almonds and pomegranates. Israelis often turn haroset into a dessert by adding bananas, dates, orange juice and sugar.

Because the maror or bitter herb is so strong, some say the real purpose of haroset is to allay the bitterness. As part of the ritual seder, the haroset and maror are placed between matzot to make a sandwich, which is said to have been invented by Rabbi Hillel in the first century CE, hence the name, Hillel’s sandwich.

Different Jewish communities have variations on the ingredients. Jews from the Island of Rhodes use dates, walnuts, ginger and sweet wine. The Jews of Salonika, Greece, add raisins. Other Greek Jews use walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, raisins, cinnamon, cloves and red wine, and spread it thickly on matzah. Turkish Jews include oranges.

Moroccan Jews sometimes make haroset paste and roll it into balls. This is a legacy from the Jews of medieval Spain, who made the balls of apples, dried fruit, almonds, cooked chestnuts, sugar and cinnamon, and then drizzled the balls with white vinegar before serving.

The Jews of Venice use chestnut paste, dates, figs, poppy seeds, walnuts, pine nuts, orange peel, dried apricots, raisins, brandy and honey.

The Jews of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, use almonds, dates, raisins, apples and wine.

Egyptian haroset contains dates, nuts, bananas, apples, wine, cinnamon and pomegranate seeds.

Instead of haroset as we know it, some Iraqi Jews use a date syrup call halek – which is made by boiling dates, straining the liquid and then reducing it over a low flame until thick – and sprinkling chopped nuts on top of it.

In Holland, they make a chunky mixture with more apples and less nuts, combined with cinnamon, sugar, raisins and sweet wine. Jews from Surinam, in Dutch Guiana, use seven fruits and coconut.

Following the edict to have a sharp taste, Persian Jews use dates, pistachio nuts, almonds, raisins, apples, oranges, bananas, pomegranate seeds, sweet wine, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, vinegar and black pepper.

Likewise, Yemenite Jews use dates, raisins, almonds, nuts, figs, dates, sesame seeds, apples, pomegranate seeds, grape juice, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and black pepper.

Jews from Afghanistan pound haroset in a mortar with a pestle and use walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, apples, sweet wine, pomegranate seeds, dates and black pepper.

However you make haroset, be inventive and make several different kinds to serve.

My Mom’s Haroset

 2 apples, chopped

 75 ml (1/3 cup) ground nuts

 1.25 ml (1/4 tsp) cinnamon

 15 ml (1 tbsp) honey

 30 ml (2 tbsp) sweet red wine

Place chopped apples in a bowl. Add nuts, cinnamon and honey and mix until smooth.

Add wine and mix well.

Makes 6 servings.

My Sephardic Haroset

 250 ml (1 cup) chopped dates

 125 ml (1/2 cup) raisins

 1 chopped apple

 125 ml (1/2 cup) finely chopped nuts

 5 ml (1 tsp) ginger

60 ml (1/4 cup) red wine

Combine all ingredients.

Yields 500 ml (2 cups).

Sephardic Haroset

 250 ml (1 cup) chopped walnuts

 60 ml (1/4 cup) chopped almonds

 125 ml (1/2 cup) raisins

 125 ml (1/2 cup) chopped dates

 60 ml (1/4 cup) red wine

 30 ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice

 0.5 ml (1/8 tsp) cinnamon

 apricot halves

Combine walnuts, almonds, raisins, dates, wine, lemon juice and cinnamon.

Form into balls.

Spoon onto apricot halves.

Sabra Haroset

2 peeled and cored apples

6 peeled bananas

1 lemon, juiced

1 orange, juiced

20 pitted dates

250 ml (1 cup) peanuts

250 ml (1 cup) dry red wine

matzah meal, as needed

10 ml (2 tsp) cinnamon

sugar, to taste

Put fruit and nuts though a grinder (or blender or food processor).

Add wine, lemon juice and orange juice.

Add enough matzah meal to form the consistency you want.

Mix in cinnamon and sugar.

Courtesy of Be'chol Lashon. Originally published here: https://www.cjnews.com/holiday-recipes/haroset-from-around-the-world

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We know how hard it can sometimes be to get back home to family for Passover, much less think about hosting your own seder if you’re just starting out in a new town or with a young family. How do you make bubbe’s chicken soup again? Is it really possible to fit that many people around your table? And where do you even buy a whole horseradish root? But still, there is something really lovely about bringing framily (friends that have become like family) all together to celebrate this annual ritual, to create new traditions and pay homage to those of your family of origin.

Enter #friendseder. Think Friendsgiving, but with more matzah and a guidebook to see you through the whole evening. #friendseder aims to put you in the Passover spirit without all of the potential stress of Uncle Lenny’s line of questioning about your career choices. #friendseder needn’t take place on the traditional Passover nights -- anytime in the month of April would be a great time to grab your crew and enjoy those four cups of religiously sanctioned wine, while reclining and enjoying your freedom from bondage.

Powered by The Well, #friendseder is many things. A website, with tons of tips on hosting your first seder, a Haggadah ready for you to print and use around your table, links to lots of other resources for making this #friendseder a night to remember, live (and recorded) webinars all about how to host a #friendseder, the full support of the #friendseder and The Well team, and, of course, the hashtag, #friendseder, to make sure your #friendseder is counted amongst the countless others that will take place around the country.

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Did you know that Haggadot.com has THREE options for downloading your Passover Haggadah? You can download a Word Document, an 8.5" x 11" PDF in Portrait Orientation, and now you can download your entire haggadah in a half-letter size booklet! Simply print double-sided and fold and you've got your own bound haggadah!

When you click download, you'll see all three options. The Microsoft Word Document is great if you want to do special formatting or increase the font size. Our Portrait PDF is also a large print format. If you want to save paper, go for the booklet download. It's best printed on 8.5" x 11" paper, but if you want to scale it up, you can print up to 11" x 17". Give it a staple along the fold to hold it together. 

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