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Thu Apr 10 15:59:49 PDT 2014


of his haggadah
http://www.davka.org/

"In "The History of Horseradish as the Bitter Herb of
               Passover", Gesher (Bridging the Spectrum of Orthodox
               Jewish Scholarship), vol. 8 (issue number unclear), the
               author Arthur Schaffer (then a doctoral candidate in the
               Department of Horticulture, Rutgers University), makes it

               clear that horseradish could not be the bitter herb
mentioned
               in the Bible (aside from it being sharp (jarif) and not
bitter
               (mar). Other sources suggest that horehound, an herb,
which
               has a bitter taste is the actual item mentioned. An
additional
               hint that horehound is Maror is its role as a chest
               decongestant, something that would be efficacious during
the
               early spring with flowing pollen."

Selene, Caid





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