Zeroa

(Template:Lang-he-n) is a lamb shank bone or roast chicken wing or neck used on Passover and placed on the Seder plate. It symbolizes the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted (70 CE) during the destruction of the Temple, the z'roa serves as a visual reminder of the Pesach sacrifice. In Ashkenazi and many Sephardi families, it is not eaten or handled during the Seder, as it represents a sacrifice made at the Temple, but is not actually, making it taboo to eat.^[1] Vegetarians often substitute a beet, quoting Pesachim 114b as justification.^[2]

References

^ "The Shank Bone (Zeroah)". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
^ "A Vegetarian Shankbone". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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[1] "The Shank Bone (Zeroah)". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

[2] "A Vegetarian Shankbone". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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