Metal Passover Seder Plate

caption:
Plated Seder Plate; two ornate handles on either side; the Hebrew and English names for the ceremonial foods are circled around the center of the plate. 

Identifer: CJF.2014.004.298

Medium
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Topics
Passover

Collection
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Hillel Collection

Description
The table at Passover bears a number of symbolic objects, including a plate with specific foods that celebrate freedom and recall the bitterness of slavery. The Seder plate bears the ceremonial food around which the Passover Seder is based.

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