Editing Night of the Seder (section)

== Details of the Seder Plate ==
'''Matzot''': For the "mitzvah of eating matzah" on the night of the Seder, one should prepare three matzot for each participant (above the age of Bar Mitzvah). And additional matzot for the other participants. The matzot should be folded slightly, and there should be a separation between each matzah using a cloth.

'''Zeroa (Shank bone)''': In memory of the Pesach sacrifice that was eaten when the Temple existed, it is customary to roast the shank bone before the holiday, and if one did not roast it, one should not roast it on the holiday itself, but should place cooked meat instead. It is customary to take the zeroa from the neck of a fowl, and likewise not to eat the zeroa on the night of the Seder and even in the days following, so that it does not resemble the Pesach sacrifice. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak and Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber would remove most of the meat from the zeroa.

'''Egg''': In memory of the festival sacrifice. One should take a hard-boiled egg, and it is permissible to boil it on the night of the holiday. The Rebbe would make sure that the shell of the egg would not break.

'''Maror''': In memory of the bitter herbs that were with the Pesach sacrifice. We take lettuce (which must be clean from insects) and horseradish. The Rebbe would not eat the "stalks" of the lettuce.

'''Charoset''': A mixture of apples, pears, nuts, and red wine (in memory of the plague of blood) and is eaten as a remembrance of the mortar. The Rebbe would pour the red wine only before eating the maror.

'''Karpas''': Onion or potato. Karpas is an acronym for "60 Perach" (60 crushing labor), meaning that 600,000 of the children of Israel performed crushing labor. In the Rebbe's notes, it is mentioned that they would take an onion, but due to the weakness of the generations, they would take a potato instead, although the Maharash was not pleased with this.