Passover Quiz pt IL By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX (Copyright, 1963, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) he various species of fruits wily is It that till LIM III-JI,A. Llt C4 UU. two nights of Passover the reason would not apply on the 1 nentioned in the Song of Songs Kiddush is not recited during eve of the Passover because the : tre used to make up the Charo- poor are expected to do all in seth. the evening service at the syn- * * * agogue as is done on every their power to have wine and What is the purpose of the so eve Passover for provision Friday night and festival eve- "Charoseth?" that they may take part in the fling of the year? Various reasons are given. In the first place the Kiddush necessary ritual of the Seder. If PasSover Eve is • part of the Communities were directly obli- S ome claim that the Charo- Seder and the Seder is a ritual gated to provide the poor with seth was used in order to de- which takes place in the home. enough wine—as well as other stroy the worms or counteract Should there be a Seder at the needs—so that they would have the toxins /that may be present synagogue itself the Kiddush enough to take care of them for in the bitter Herbs. Some claim : it is to make the taste more would be recited at the Seder the Passover. 1 bearable. There are those who What is the "Charoseth?" table at the synagogue. Thus it The "Charoseth" is a dish claim that the appearance of is not recited at the altar as is usual on Friday or on other which is a mixture prepared the mixture is symbolic. Its festival nights. Secondly, accord- from fruits, apples, nuts, pome- roughness, caused by the nuts ing to the generally accepted granates, cinnamon, wine and a nd the hard fruit of the apple view that the Kiddush was origi- sometimes vinegar. This is made m ake it resemble the rough sur- nally introduced into the syna- into a paste into which the bit- f ace of the bricks. Its formation, gogue service on Friday and ter herbs are dipped during the , ressed together like a pad, re- Festival nights because of the Seder ceremony. The famous embles the rough surface of the poor wayfarers who had no place Rokeach (Eleazer) stated that bricks. Its thickness resembles t he density of the mold made i . f or bricks. Some make it red by 10-11:11---10 -- 9 — 101 --nm (CI tr.._. I u sing the wine, or soft and El Happy Holiday , s pongy to resemble the blood t hat was spilled in our persecu- ENTERPRISE MACHINE PARTS CORP. t ion. 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