What foods are used in passover and what do they represent?

Answer 1

Passover meals can be anything so long as they meets the kashrut requirements of Passover. What's actually served largely depends on where in the world the participants are from.

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 2

The matzoh (unleavened bread) symbolizes the haste with which the Exodus concluded (Exodus ch.12). The maror (lettuce or horseradish) symbolizes the bitterness of the Egyptian slavery. The charoseth (paste of nuts, apples, cinnamon and a little wine) is reminiscent of the mortar used with the bricks during the slave-labor. The shank bone calls to mind the Pesach-offering. The roasted egg hints to the Hagigah-offering. The parsley dipped in salt-water alludes to the tears which were shed. And the four cups of wine are based on the four expressions of God's redemption, stated in Exodus ch.6.

Answer 3

The mother cleans the house first,then she lights a candle then she cooks a meal it contains parsley and salt water to dip it in, once for the Drowning of the Egyptians twice for the tears that were shred, an egg, Charaseth, A lamb Bone,unleaved bread,all that goes on one big plate then on a smaller plate, they put a Matzo cracker and the father takes a 1/4th piece of it and puts it in a sacred bag and hides it for the children to find later to the side of the same plate they put horse raddish for the bitterness of slavery and (not on that plate) there are four cups wich are filled with red wine the first one stands for santification the second,plague the third,redemption, and the last, praise.The last thing they have for passover dinner is a basin of water wich is a An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.Wich is used for washing there hands in

Answer 4

Foods:

1. Bitter herbs
2. Salt water
3. Marror
4. Charoset (either a mixture of grated apples, chopped nuts, cinnamon, and red wine OR a sort of cooked jam made from dates, nuts, red wine, and cinnamon)
5. Red Wine
6. Matzah
7. Lamb (the majority of Ashkenazi Jews do not eat lamb during Passover)

Items:

1. Seder Plate
2. Haggadah (book that contains the religious service held on the first night (in Israel) or first two nights (outside of Israel).
3. Lamb shank or roasted chicken neck or roasted egg in its shell

Answer 5

• Matzah - this represents the haste in which the Israelites prepared to leave Egypt.
• Wine - the four cups represent the four expressions of redemption in Exodus 6:6-7.
• The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery.
• Salt water - this represents the tears of the Israelites.
• Charoset - A sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build with.
• Karpas - A vegetable, traditionally parsley, which is dipped into the salt water.
• Beitzah - A hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple.
• Z'roa - A roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice).

Answer 6

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 7

• Matzah - this represents the haste in which the Israelites prepared to leave Egypt.
• Wine - the four cups represent the four expressions of redemption in Exodus 6:6-7.
• The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery which the Israelites suffered in Egypt. Horseradish and/or romaine lettuce are traditionally used for maror.
  
• Salt water (see below).
• 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 herb into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Israelite 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.

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Answer 8

Lamb, bitter herbs and unleavened bread