“As a remembrance of the Temple,” we say in the middle of the seder as we eat marror wedged between two pieces of matzah, imitating Hillel the Elder’s ancient practice. Unlike us, though, Hillel would include a piece of the Pesach sacrifice offered up at the Temple in his sandwich. But since the destruction of the Temple, we have not been able to offer such a sacrifice. Without the roasted meat, what we are left with from Hillel’s tradition is the bitterness of marror. The sandwich that once celebrated a successful Pesach offering now serves instead as a reminder of the Jewish people’s many exiles.
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