{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "maror-156", "title": "Maror", "author": "Michele Margolis", "author_handle": "mfmargolis127107", "author_initials": "MM", "covertext": "Why do we eat maror or a bitter herb? A common interpretation is that the bitter herb reminds us of the time of our...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Why do we eat <em>maror</em> or a bitter herb?</p>\n\n<p>A common interpretation is that the bitter herb reminds us of the time of our slavery. We force ourselves to taste pain so that we may more readily value pleasure. A second interpretation of the bitter herb, which was eaten at spring festivals in ancient times, is that the sharp taste is meant to awaken the senses and make people feel at one with nature's springtime revival. In this interpretation, <em>maror</em> is the stimulus of life, reminding us that struggle is better than the complacent acceptance of injustice.</p>\n\n<p>While there are many Jewish dietary laws, the way in which someone goes about consuming (kosher) food is generally not proscribed. The bitter herb is an exception. The rabbis claim: \"[One who] swallows the matzah [without chewing] has fulfilled the obligation [of eating matzah]. [However, one who] swallows the maror [without chewing] does not fulfill the obligation [of eating maror]\" (Talmud Bavli Pesachim 115b). The rabbis explain that even though one would ideally taste the matzah, even swallowing without tasting is a form of eating and thus fulfills the obligation to eat matzah on Passover. <em>Maror</em> is different. 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Why, on this night, do we eat only matzah?</p>\n\n<p>2. On all other nights we eat herbs of any kind. Why, on this night, do we eat only bitter herbs?</p>\n\n<p>3. On all other nights, we do not dip our herbs even once. Why, on this night, do we dip them twice?</p>\n\n<p>4. On all other nights, we eat either sitting or leaning. Why, on this night, do we eat while leaning?</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A different guest readers each ANSWER:</strong></p>\n\n<p>1. MATZAH</p>\n\n<p>Matzah is the symbol of our affliction and our freedom. Legend has it that when Moses and his followers fled Egypt, they moved so quickly that the bread they baked did not have time to rise. However, scholars have noted that long before the Jews celebrated Passover, farmers of the Middle East celebrated Khag Ha-matsot, the festival of unleavened bread, at this time of year. This was a festival where unleavened bread was made from the new grain harvest that took place at this time of the year. The old fermented dough was thrown out so that last year's grain would not be mixed with this year's. Therefore, the new season began with the eating of unleavened bread--matzah. Later on, the Jewish people incorporated this agricultural festival into the celebration of freedom and renewal we now call Passover.</p>\n\n<p>2. BITTER HERBS</p>\n\n<p>Tradition says that this root is to remind us of the time of our slavery. We force ourselves to taste pain so that we may more readily value pleasure. Scholars inform us that bitter herbs were eaten at the Spring festival in ancient times. The sharpness of the taste awakened the senses and made the people feel at one with nature's revival. Thus, the horseradish is the stimulus of life, reminding us that struggle is better than the complacent acceptance of injustice.</p>\n\n<p>3. DIPPING</p>\n\n<p>The first time, the salty taste reminds us of the tears we cried when we were slaves. The second time, the salt water and the green help us to remember the ocean and green plants and the Earth, from which we get air and water and food that enable us to live.</p>\n\n<p>4. RECLINING</p>\n\n<p>This question goes back to ancient times in Rome, when it was the custom for rich people to eat while lying on a couch leaning on one elbow as slaves and servants fed them. The Jewish people thought of this relaxed type of eating as a sign of freedom and prosperity, so they would lean to one side eating at the Seder on Passover, the festival of freedom. Today, we who are free eat while sitting up, even at Passover, but the question remains in the service as a reminder of how it was when our people longed for freedom.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>MORE QUESTIONS:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Reader: </strong>We have answered the four traditional questions, but there are still more questions to be answered. There are other special foods on our Seder plate: a sweet condiment (charoset), a roasted shank bone (z'ro-ah), and a roasted egg (baytsa). Why are they here?</p>\n\n<p><strong> <em>A different guest reads each answer:</em> </strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Charoset:</strong> Apples, nuts, cinnamon, and wine are combined to make this sweet condiment. It is the color of clay or mortar. It reminds us of the bricks and mortar that the Israelites are said to have made when they built the Pharaohs' palaces and cities. At the same time, the taste of charoset is sweet, and it reminds us of the sweetness of freedom.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Shank bone</strong>: The bone represents the lamb that was the special Paschal sacrifice on the eve of the exodus from Egypt, and annually, on the afternoon before Passover, in the Holy Temple.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Egg:</strong> The egg represents life. Each of us begins as an egg and grows to adulthood. The egg reminds us of our evolutionary past and the gifts of human inheritance. But the egg is fragile. It represents potential that can be destroyed. Left alone, it would perish. Growing life needs warmth and love and security, guidance, hope, and vision. To achieve their full potential, human beings need the support and encouragement of family and community. 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