Symbolic significants

Passover foods:

horseradish for bitter bondage
salt water for tears
charoset, apples and nuts, for brick mortar
matzo for unleavened bread of hasty departure
ten drops of wine for the ten plagues
shankbone for the lamb.
parsley which symbolizes newness of life
roasted egg, a symbol of the sacrifice offering. It reminds us that in Messiah all tears of anguish will be replaced with tears of joy;

The afikomen In the ceremony the middle loaf is removed, broken in two, wrapped in a linen cloth, and hidden . After a period of time it is removed from its hiding place, unwrapped from the linen cloth, and pieces are broken to distribute to each one participating in the Passover. The unleavened bread had to be striped. The body of Messiah was also striped by way of the roman whip at the scourging. Concerning the stripes, Isaiah 53 said, with these stripes we are healed. The bread also had to be pierced. The body of Messiah was also pierced by the nails in His hands and feet and by the spear thrown into His side. Concerning the piercing, Zechariah 12:20 say, "They shall look unto him whom they have pierced." By being striped, pierced and unleavened, the Jewish Passover bread is a unique picture of the body of Messiah. (By Frank Potter The Symbols of Passover The Chosen People Magazine April 1990 )

On the Passover table is another item --one of the great mysteries. It is a "Unity" or Matzoh Tosh: a bag in which three pieces of Matzoh are placed in separate compartments. Traditionally there have been a number of rabbinic theories to explain this. One theory specifies that the three separate matzohs represent the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Another theory states that they represent God, the High Priest, and the Jewish people. I believe, however, that these three pieces of matzoh are a picture of the trinity of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. At one point in the Passover Seder, the middle matzoh is taken out and broken in half. One half is returned to the center compartment and the other half, the Afikomen, is wrapped separately and hidden later to be searched for by the children and to be redeemed by the elder of the home. Messiah's Body The matzoh (unleavened bread), baked so it is pierced and striped, is a symbol of Messiah's cruel and painful death on the cross (Isa. 53:5: Ps 22: 14-18). The wrapping of half a broken matzoh symbolizes Messiah's body, broken for us and laid away in a rich man's tomb, to rise again on the third day according to the Scriptures. After the serving of the traditional Passover meal, the children search for the "Afikomen," that broken middle matzoh hidden earlier, and bring it back to the table to be "bought back," or redeemed by the elder of the home. The word "Afikomen" given to this half of the broken middle matzoh means in the Greek, "I have already come." What clearer message can God give to the Jewish people than that the Lord Yehsua was the long awaited Messiah. In the closing moments of the Passover celebration, the other half of the broken matzoh that was placed back into the center compartment of the "unity" or "Matzoh Tosh" is removed and unwrapped, presenting a clear-cut symbol of the resurrection. ("Source A Searchlight from Calvary" By Frank Potter Carolina Church Ministries The Symbols of Passover The Chosen People Magazine April 1990 ISSN 0164-5323)