Collard greens stand in for bitter herbs on Twitty's Seder plate. (Brent Hofacker/iStockPhoto) Passover honors the story of all people who seek the simple freedom to live their potential. As Jews in ...

Two bitter herbs—maror and hazeret—are used on the Seder plate to represent the bitterness of slavery. Many people use horseradish to represent maror and romaine lettuce for hazeret, according ...

That's just one of the six items on the seder plate—the others are parsley, horseradish, another bitter herb (like romaine lettuce), shank bone, and an egg.

Many Seder plates have room for a sixth food. Chazeret, or lettuce, is used as an additional bitter herb. The Haggadah instructs to eat matzah with bitter herbs. Usually, romaine or endive are used.

Bitter herb: Called "maror," this astringent root symbolizes the pain and dour struggle of the Israelites' enslavement. A small pinch is eaten during the seder.

“Jew-ish” cookbook author Jake Cohen shares his modern updates to bitter herbs and lone lamb shanks alongside recipes for Roasted Tomato Brisket and Macaroon Brownies.

During the seder, when Jewish people taste the maror, the bitter herbs, they remember the bitterness of 400 years of slavery in Egypt.

Koenig’s own seder plate skews fairly traditional. “But we use our discussions during the seder itself to tie Passover’s ancient themes to contemporary issues,” she says.

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Collard greens stand in for bitter herbs on Twitty's Seder plate. Image: Brent Hofacker/iStockPhoto The horseradish, with its nose-opening bite, is another reminder of slavery's sting.

Collard greens stand in for bitter herbs on Twitty's Seder plate. Image: Brent Hofacker/iStockPhoto Passover honors the story of all people who seek the simple freedom to live their potential.