כּוֹרֵךְ
You may have read the Book of Numbers where God wants Moses to talk to the Israelites about the Passover sacrifice. Back then, the blogs weren't as well kept, so in order to remember the story, God said "They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, and they shall not leave any of it over until morning."
Rabbi Hillel, who lived back when the Second Temple still stood, obeyed the commandment by making a sandwich out of matzah, maror and pesach. It was a tricky one to eat - always crumbling. Now that there's no more Second Temple, we go with the vegetarian version - just Matzah, Maror and Charoset.
Rabbi Hillel, who lived back when the Second Temple still stood, obeyed the commandment by making a sandwich out of matzah, maror and pesach. It was a tricky one to eat - always crumbling. Now that there's no more Second Temple, we go with the vegetarian version - just Matzah, Maror and Charoset.
Some say that Rabbi Hillel invented the sandwich--not the name, of course. That was the Earl of Sandwich. (Well, I though it was the Earl of Sandwich, but that's controversial. Find out more here: http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SandwichHistory.htm)
In any event, Hillel invented the concept, a much higher-level achievement. Without Rabbi Hillel, we would never have had these delights:
2 comments:
What the hell is in that bowl?
Is that tuna fish? Or Gefilte-Helper. Were they really carrying around that much mayo?
What it is is charoset that is clearly not made with RED DELICIOUS apples, a product whose name constitutes consumer fraud.
Although we don't say "next year in Jerusalem," we do always say "next year no red delicious applies." Nonetheless, Phil showed up yesterday with a bag of red delicious apples. He tried to defend himself by claiming to be a price-conscious shopper, a quality that has otherwise never manifested itself.
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