New Covenant – Pre Seder

Overview of prep for a virtual New Covenant Passover meal.

Based upon Steve Rodgers’ “A Passover Primer and Haggadah for New Covenant Believers”. 

Roughly not the following:  

A shopping list:

  • horseradish – hot
  • parsley
  • cucumber or radish
  • an egg to hard boil
  • Matzah bread
  • Wine or grape juice
  • Apples, nuts and wine for Charoset
  • Dinner items
  • The Z’roah – The shank bone of a lamb; thoroughly cleaned – Alternately other bone or a beet.
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Participant Preparations (Summary)
  • Seder Plate Components (to refer to during the Haggadah.
    • Z’ro-ah – the shank bone of a lamb (some people use a clean chicken bone or even a beet!)
    • Maror –Bitter Herbs: Horseradish
    • Karpas (A vegetable) – generally Parsley it gets dipped in salt water or sometimes vinegar.
    • Khazeret – (A second bitter vegetable) Parsley, Radish, Cucumber, or romaine lettuce.
    • Kharoset – Nut, Wine and Apple mixture.
    • Seder meal components
    • Matzah
    • Wine or Grape juice

Around the table:

  • Candlesticks and candles
  • Wineglass
  • Two large cloth napkins
    • A Matzah Tash and one for the Afikomon
  • A bowl for salt water (each person)
  • A bowl for washing hands
  • Hand towels – for drying washed hands
  • More Matzahs to eat
  • Kharoset aplenty
  • More horseradish
  • Bitter herb to dip in salt water

Typical Passover Meal (pg xxxii)

  • pickled herring
  • chopped liver
  • olives
  • kosher dill pickles
  • matzo ball soup
  • baked chicken or brisket of beef
  • tzimmes (fruit casserole)
  • fruit salad
  • potatoes (Kugel or Latkes)
  • macaroons
  • sponge cake with fruit
  • fruit Kugels