It is good to know that all fruits are kosher for Pesach (Passover). Alas, beer is not.
But a question I have for anyone knowledgeable out there is:
How can apples be a traditional ingredient in the Ashkenazi versions of charoset? Apples, after all, are a fall fruit, and Pesach comes in spring in the northern hemisphere.
Now, the Sephardi traditions use dates and figs, which are well known in the Middle East (as apples were not, historically, despite various mis-translations). Dates and figs thus make sense (although figs are not ripe in spring, either, so I assume, like dates, one uses them dried). But apples–fresh apples–in spring?
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Good question! Googling, I find a cute, but unsatisfactory explanation. I’ll ask around, see if I can dig up any better answers.
PS: Do you think you could add a preview for comments?
Seed planted by Vasi — 14 April 2006 @ 22:56
Fruits in Biblical Times
…In the 13th century BCE, Ramses II ordered cultivated varieties of apples planted in the Nile delta….
Scion grafted by Fruits and Votes — 16 April 2006 @ 10:36
Until very recently, fall fruits like apples were stored in root cellars in most of the Northern Hemisphere. They would be harvested about the same time as potatoes and onions and stored in the coolest place to tide over until spring fruits started to come. The varieties of apples we have nowadays don’t store that well, partly because we have gotten spoiled and dislike any apple that is slightly shriveled. Our ancestors were not that picky.
Additionally, in most of Europe until the past 70 years, the best you could get in fresh fruit at Pesach time would have been a few barely ripe strawberries.
Seed planted by Sonje — 31 March 2007 @ 17:34