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.