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Maror - Bitter Herbs
MAROR -- מָרוֹר
Why do we eat maror?
Tradition says that this bitter herb is to remind us of the time of our slavery.
We force ourselves to taste pain so that we may more readily value pleasure.
Scholars inform us that bitter herbs were eaten at spring festivals in ancient times.
The sharpness of the taste awakened the senses
and made the people feel at one with nature's revival.
Thus, maror is the stimulus of life,
reminding us that struggle is better than the complacent acceptance of injustice.
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Praised are you, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who makes us holy through Your commandments, and commands us to eat Maror.
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