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Yeshivish glossary term

Karpas

כרפס

Meaning

  • vegetable eaten near the beginning of the Seder

Usage and context

One of the named stages and symbolic foods of the Seder.

Category
Pesach
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

We dip the karpas early in the Seder.

Plain-English example

We dip the vegetable used near the beginning of the Seder.