What food is served at a Passover seder?

Answer 1

The Seder starts with a cup of wine. Then a small piece of legume (parsley, potatoes or radish, usually) dipped in saltwater Then another cup of wine Then the Matzo Then the bitter herbs - usually raw horseradish or lettuce dipped in Charoset. Then the Hillel-sandwich - Matzo and bitter herbs Then the meal. The meal is often started by eating the egg from the Seder plate. No roasted food may be served at the Seder meal. The meal may consist of many courses - usually at least one of them with meat. All food must be kosher for Passover. For dessert the Afikomen is served - another piece of Matzo. Then 2 more cups of wine. In between each of the 4 cups of wine various parts of the Hagada-of-Pesach are recited along with singing and discussions of the Exodus. Sweets, nuts and candies are often distributed to the kids during the recital to pique their interest and get them to ask questions.

Answer 2

Wine, matzo, maror, gefilte fish, matzah ball soup and various meats are all commonly served at a Passover seder.

The dishes served at a Pesach (Passover) seder vary widely depending on country of origin. Although matzah ball soup is one of the most famous dishes associated with Judaism, it's something eaten only by Eastern European Jews and even then, not all of this group will eat matzah balls during Pesach.

Answer:

During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset (see below). Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day.
Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder plate:
The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery which the Israelites suffered in Egypt. Either horseradish or romaine lettuce is traditionally used for maror.
Charoset - A sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. In Ashkenazi Jewish homes, charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, cinnamon, and sweet red wine.
Karpas - A vegetable other than bitter herbs, traditionally parsley, which is dipped into salt water at the beginning of the Seder. The dipping of a simple vegetable into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Jewish slaves in Egypt.
Beitzah - A hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night. Although both the Pesach sacrifice and the chagigah were meat offerings, the chagigah is commemorated by an egg, a symbol of mourning.
Z'roa - A roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.

Answer 3

The traditional symbolic Seder plate includes:

The shankbone of a Kosher lamb;

A hard-boiled egg;

Bitter herb (usually horseradish);

Charoset, symbolic of the stuff used as brick mortar, made up of chopped up apple pieces, walnuts, and Passover wine;

A piece of onion or boiled potato, with a dipping dish of salted water;

Lettuce;

...in addition to Matzot (unleavened bread) and sacramental Passover wine, usually a very sweet one.