This is an obligatory custom (Mishna, Pesachim ch.10), meant to intrigue the children (among other reasons). Also, the first dipping is in salt water, which symbolizes the tears of the Israelites in Egypt.
The second dipping is in haroseth, which symbolizes the mortar used with the bricks in Egypt.
There is a Jewish law that one must wash their hands without a blessing, before eating wet vegetables. We wash the first time before we eat the Karpas (greens) dipped in salt water.
There is another Jewish law that one must wash their hands with a blessing, before they eat bread or Matza. This is why we wash a second time right before reciting the blessing over the Matza for the first time.
Wrong. we dip in the salt water once. The other dipping is in the haroset.
During the Seder meal, traditional foods are eaten (in addition to 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. This is a command in commemoration of the Exodus, when the Israelites were in a hurry to leave Egypt and did not spend time waiting for their dough to leaven (to rise). Exodus ch.12.
Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day of Passover.
Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder table:
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuous tradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah which retells the events of the Exodus.
This is an obligatory custom (Mishna, Pesachim ch.10), meant to intrigue the children (among other reasons). Also, the first dipping is in salt water, which symbolizes the tears of the Israelites in Egypt.
The second dipping is in haroseth, which symbolizes the mortar used with the bricks in Egypt.
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Because Jews 1. Recline in their chairs 2. Dip twice 3. Eat matzah 4. Eat maror (bitter herbs)
You do not dip anything on Purim. You are referring to the holiday of Passover, and the vegeteble is called Karpas (כרפס)
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During the reading of the Haggadah (the story of the exodus from Egypt), we eat a number of symbolic foods. We dip a couple items into salt water, the salt water represents the tears of slavery.
Twice! The first two nights are Seders, and you read it once at each one.
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First put on the hat, dip it into blue, take off the hat, turn it 2 times, put the hat back on again, dip it in black, take the hat off, turn it 7 times, put the hat back on, dip it in red, take the hat off, and turn it twice.!
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First put on the hat, dip it into blue, take off the hat, turn it 2 times, put the hat back on again, dip it in black, take the hat off, turn it 7 times, put the hat back on, dip it in red, take the hat off, and turn it twice.!
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The first Passover was in Egypt