Karpas (Hebrew: כַּרְפַּס) is one of the traditional rituals in the Passover Seder. It refers to the vegetable, usually parsley or celery , that is dipped in liquid (usually salt water) and eaten.

The Hidden Meaning of Karpas. The green vegetable dipped in saltwater at the seder alludes to the very beginning of the Israelites' slavery saga. By Rabbi Evan Moffic

Karpas (a green vegetable, most often parsley) Karpas represents the initial flourishing of the Israelites during the first years in Egypt. At the end of the biblical book of Genesis , Joseph …

Karpas (כרפס) are the green leafy vegetables used on the seder plate for Passover. Usually, a piece of green parsley is used, though any leafy green can suffice. Some folks even use …

What is Karpas כרפס? Karpas is a springtime or leafy vegetable that is dipped during the early stages of the Passover seder. It comes 3 rd in the order of the seder, after Kiddush (Kadesh) …

The Karpas Peninsula (Greek: Καρπασία, romanized: Karpasía; Turkish: Karpaz), also known as the Karpass, Karpaz or Karpasia, is a long, finger-like peninsula that is one of the most …

The first food on the Kaarah (Seder Plate) is the karpas. Some hold that it's one of the mitzvot of the night to demonstrate slavery and freedom, while others hold that it's only brought to get the …

One of these rituals is the dipping of the karpas. We take a vegetable that would normally only be eaten as part of a meal, dip it and eat it before the meal—thus prompting the child to ask why …

The third activity of the traditional Passover Seder is to partake of the karpas, a vegetable (often parsley, celery or a radish) dipped into salt water or vinegar.

Also: karpas (the Hebrew word for "greens" and "vegetable") read backwards forms an acronym of a phrase meaning "600,000 [were enslaved with] spirit-breaking labor," and the saltwater in …