WELCOME BACK.
THE JEWISH FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER
BEGINS IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
RABBI IS HERE THIS MORNING
TO SHARE A TRADITIONAL PASSOVER
RECIPE WITH US.
WELCOME TO OUR SHOW, RABBI.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
YOU'RE WELCOME.
TELL US ABOUT PASSOVER.
PASSOVER CELEBRATES THE
JEWISH PEOPLE'S RELEASE FROM
THE BONDAGE IN EGYPT, WHERE WE
WERE SLAVES AND WE CAME OUT OF
EGYPT TO RECEIVE THE TORAH AND
THEN ENTER INTO ISRAEL.
EVERY YEAR, JEWS GET TOGETHER
TO CELEBRATE THIS PASSOVER ON
WHAT WE CALL THE SEDER, WHICH
IS THE ORDERLY DINNER THAT WE
HAVE ALL TOGETHER WITH ALL OF
THE INGREDIENTS THAT MAKES UP
THAT SPECIAL DINNER.
TODAY, WE'RE MAKING
SOMETHING THAT'S A VERY
TRADITIONAL DISH FOR PASSOVER.
EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.
SO ON THE SEDER, WE HAVE A
PLATE, WHICH IS HANDMADE MASA,
AS WELL AS THE DINNER, BUT THE
CENTER OF THE SEDER IS THE
SEDER PLATE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AMONG
THE SEDER PLATE, IS WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THE HIROSA, AND THAT'S
GOING TO BE MADE TODAY, WHICH
CAN BE MADE IN VARIOUS FORMS.
PEOPLE HAVE ALL KINDS OF
RECIPES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT
TOGETHER.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RECIPES?
FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS
PEEL THE APPLE OR THE PEARS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING,
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU GET TO
DO IT YOURSELF, BUT--
OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SO MUCH
FUN.
THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE
WHOLE THING.
AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR APPLE AND
PEAR PEELED, YOU WANT TO HAVE
NUTS, AND THE NUTS, YOU CAN
MASH THEM, OR YOU CAN DUMP IT
INTO A FOOD PROCESSOR AND MIX
IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
WALNUTS?
AND HAZEL NUTS.
WE HAVE APPLE, WE HAVE SOME
PEAR, AND GREEN APPLE MAKES IT
MORE TART.
YOU MIX IT ALL TOGETHER, AND
WHEN YOU MIX IT ALL TOGETHER,
IT'S SUPPOSED TO RESEMBLE THE
MORTAR THAT MADE UP THE BRICKS
WHERE THE JEWISH PEOPLE BUILT
UNDER SLAVERY, AND SO THAT
MORTAR IS WHAT IS REPRESENTED
BY THE HIROSA.
THIS IS VERY CHUNKY LIKE A NUT
AND FRUIT SALAD, BUT YOU CAN
ALSO PUT IT IN A FWLERND AND
ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
MORTAR, WHICH IS WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE DO, AS WELL AS ADDING
OTHER INGREDIENTS.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER
TRADITIONS THAT YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT AS WELL DURING PASSOVER?
THE TRADITIONS OF PASSOVER
IS THAT WE DON'T EAT ANY BREAD.
THAT'S THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF
PASSOVER.
ANY LEAVENED BREAD IS NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR PASSOVER.
IN THE EARLY 1950s, THERE WAS A
CAMPAIGN THAT WE SHOULD BE SURE
THAT EVERY SINGLE JEWISH
HOUSEHOLD IS AWARE OF THE
COMMANDMENT OF NOT HAVING THAT
LEMON BREAD ON OUR PASSOVER
TABLES AND TO INTRODUCE TO OUR
FAMILIES THE SEDER PLATES WITH
THE THREE HANDMADE MASAS AND
THE FOUR CUPS OF WINE.
THE OBJECTIVE IS THAT EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF US HAS SOMEWHAT
OF A PERSONAL EGYPT, SOME
PERSONAL SHACKLES, SOME
PERSONAL BONDAGE, SOME DEMONS
THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF, AND
THROUGH THE SEDER, YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION, AND
SO WE HAVE THE BITTER HERBS
REMIND US OF THE BITTER TIMES,
AND WE DIP THE KARPOTH, ONION
DIPPED IN SALT WATER, HE HAVE
AN EGG, A PEACE OF MEAT TO
REMIND US OF THE SACRIFICE OF
OLD, BUT THE HIROSA IS THE
CENTRAL THEME OF THE PASSOVER
SEDER, BECAUSE IT REMINDS US OF
THE BONDAGE OF OLD AND YET IT'S
SWEET, AND SO IT HAS THAT
TRANSFORMATION FROM SLAVERY TO
GOODNESS.
PASSOVER SOUNDS VERY HEALTHY.
NO CARBS, FRUIT SALAD, NUTS.
THANK YOU, RABBI.
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