The Passover Symbols
According to the sages, you can sit through a Chocolate Seder for six hours, but if you do not consider the meaning of the three Passover Symbols, you have not fulfilled the purpose of the Seder.
Pesach A “roasted” Shankbone: Symbol of the Passover sacrifice eaten during the days of the Temple in Jerusalem to honor the fact that God “passed over” the houses of the Israelites in Egypt while at the same time striking down the firstborn in the Egyptian houses.
Matzah This chocolate matzah, which did not have time to rise and become bread as we generally know it, is a symbol of not being ready, but being forced to proceed regardless.
Maror This bitter chocolate maror is the symbol of the bitterness of servitude. It serves as a perpetual reminder, from generation to generation, that it is the duty of Jews, as the descendants of slaves, to do whatever can be done to lighten the load of those less fortunate and to have sympathy for all living creatures who are enslaved.
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