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See also: kārpās and kārpas

karpas

(Judaism) A traditional ritual dish eaten at Passover, consisting of a vegetable (typically celery or parsley) dipped in salt water or other liquid.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 243:
  She had looked at the girl as she took the karpas and when her face changed she thought it must be the bitterness.

a traditional Jewish dish