haroseth
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /həˈɹəʊsɛθ/, /həˈɹəʊsɛt/
Noun
haroseth (uncountable)
- (Judaism) A paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at Passover, representing the mortar mixed by the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt.
- 1887, The Living Age, Volume 173, page 320,
- Then the chief rabbi again took bread and brake it and gave it to all that were withhim, and dipped it into the dish with the haroseth and the lettuce.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 235:
- She had never heard of matzo, never tasted the bitter herb, never waited, impatiently, for the moment when she could eat the charoset.
- 1887, The Living Age, Volume 173, page 320,
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