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haroseth

ha·ro·seth [ hə rṓ seth ] or ha·ro·set [ hə rṓ set ] or cha·ro·seth [ khə rṓ seth ] or cha·ro·set [ khə rṓ set ]

noun

Definition:

dish eaten during Passover: a mixture of apples, nuts, spices, and wine, eaten as part of the Passover Seder meal. The mixture symbolizes the clay used by the Israelites to make bricks during their enslavement in Egypt.

[Late 19th century. < Hebrew harōset< heres "earthenware"]