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karpas

karpas

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A green vegetable that people dip in salt water at the Passover Seder
  • noun
: karpas
  • Children enjoy searching for the karpas and learning about its meaning during Passover.

Examples

  • At the beginning of the Seder, each guest dips karpas into salt water as part of the tradition.

  • The family placed fresh parsley as karpas on the Seder plate before the meal began.

  • We always serve karpas at our Passover dinner.

  • Can you pass the karpas and salt water?

  • At the Passover Seder, everyone dips the karpas in salt water before eating it.

  • The green karpas is often used in rituals during the Passover celebration.

  • Before the meal, the rabbi explained the significance of the karpas as a symbol of spring.

Surface Forms

karpas singular
karpases plural

Etymology

Karpas comes from the Greek word karpos, which means 'fruit' or 'what grows'. So it was used for a plant and today means the green vegetable (like parsley or celery) that is dipped at the Passover Seder.