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Happy Passover 2017! Also known as Pesach , today is the first day of the week-long Jewish festival that commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites by God from slavery in ancient Egypt. The story of the Exodus is described in the Hebrew Bible, especially in the Book of Exodus. In the Book of Exodus, Moses leads the Israelites across the Red Sea and through the deserts to Mount Sinai, where God promises them the land of Canaan as thanks for their faithfulness. Find Original article here Image Resource: https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/plague.jpg

With Passover looming close, less than a week away, one of the things Jewish consumers worldwide will be looking for is their bitter pickings – what they will be using for Maror for the Seder. In the old Marrano days, many a tale was told of Jews finding their fellow compatriots by looking at which person was buying the bitter things in the fresh produce selection right before the Passover holiday. Jewish custom called for a bitter herb of some sort to be served on Pesach . The question remains, what bitter herb was it that was being bought and what qualifies as the traditional Maror? In Jewish heritage, the place to go to for explanation of Jewish laws was the compendium of Oral Law that first began as the Mishne and then expanded into the Talmud. Regarding the Maror, we turn to Pesachim (39) where the law is explained that Maror is a plant that features sap, has somewhat of a color tinge of grayish and is bitter. It is definitely a veggie and cannot be a fruit product. Many ...