zeroah

Alternative spelling of zeroa.

Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of zeroa.
    • The seder table is laid out with special requirements. There is the seder plate on which is found foods through which the redemption story can be told. There is the zeroah, a shank bone of a lamb. - 2000, Kevin Scully,...
    • The zeroah represents the Paschal sacrifice and the reason the shank or foreleg is used is to commemorate the verse "And with a strong hand and an outstretched arm did the L-rd your G-d bring you out..." (Devarim 7:19)....
    • It is preferable that the zeroah (roasted bone) and the beitzah (roasted egg) which are placed on the Seder plate (k'arah) be prepared before Shabbos. - 2008, The Chasdei Hashem Haggadah, page xxxi: