haroseth
noun
- a pastelike mixture of apples, nuts, cinnamon, and wine used during the seder meal on the Passover and symbolic of the clay from which the Israelites made bricks during their Egyptian slavery
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Pronunciation: /həˈɹəʊsɛθ/ / /həˈɹəʊsɛt/
noun
Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֽוֹסֶת, from חרס (cheres, “clay”).
- A paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at Passover, representing the mortar mixed by the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt.
“Then the chief rabbi again took bread and brake it and gave it to all that were withhim, and dipped it into the dish with the haroseth and the lettuce.”
“She had never heard of matzo, never tasted the bitter herb, never waited, impatiently, for the moment when she could eat the charoset.”