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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova

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Comments: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana), flowering plant, meadows near Widawa river, Sołtysowice, Wrocław, Poland.

 

Credit: Yoninah

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Comments: Photo of Passover Seder Plate showing (clockwise, beginning from top): maror (romaine lettuce), z'roa (roasted shankbone), charoset, maror (chrein), karpas (celery sticks), beitzah (roasted egg). Photographed on April 12 2006 by Yoninah. Yoninah 20:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

 

Bitter herbs. מָרוֹרmārôr - Strongs: H260.

From Wikipedia: Maror - The Mishnah specifies five types of bitter herbs eaten on the night of Passover: ḥazzeret (lettuce), ʿuleshīn (endive/chicory), temakha, ḥarḥavina (possibly melilot, or Eryngium creticum), and maror (likely Sonchus oleraceus, sowthistle). The most common vegetables currently used as bitter herbs are horseradish and romaine lettuce.

Verses:

  • Exodus 12:8
  • Numbers 9:11
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​b/bitter-herbs.html. 2024.
 
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