Our friend Gila writes:

I'm Jewish and when I watched your video about charoset with Eli
and Belle, I saw a few mistakes that are pretty funny:
1. That thing about the orange - where'd you hear that from?!
2.Um, the egg and parsley do NOT symbolize spring!
The parsley dipped in salt water symbolizes how the Jews had dipped leaves
in blood and had put it on their door post so Hashem (God) would know to
pass over them and not kill their eldest sons. The egg represents the
sacrifice of a lamb to God the night when the Jews were set free.

Spatulatta answers:

I think the orange showed up on the plate because Eli and his mom are vegetarians or was it because they liked the color. We're polite folks and try not to contradict our guests. If they show up with a Seder plate with an orange on it, who are we to tell them they're wrong?

We've heard a lot of different interpretations of the parsley dipped in water. Some people say the salty water symbolizes the tears shed by the Jews in captivity but your version makes a lot more sense. Thank you for setting us straight.

Now I have a question for you. I thought the shank bone represented the lamb sacrifice. Since Eli and his mom are vegetarians they weren't going to put that on their Seder plate!

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