Orange on the Seder Plate?

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3. Three terms: first, Orthodox denomination of Judaism is the oldest one that strictly follows

all the commandments and rules and like the old US Congress and the Supreme Court, no women are included in leading services or in religious leadership positions.

In Orthodox synagogue, there is a section in the back (of course) separated by a curtain where women are allowed to pray and follow the services.

Second term Bimah, literally a stage where the rabbis and the cantors and other leaders of the congregation sit. Behind them is an alcove - called the Ark - where Torah scrolls are kept.

From that Bimah - stage - services are conducted, reading rom the prayer book, the Torah and other parts of the Bible (The Hebrew Bible, also referred to as The Old Testament).

In Orthodox synagogues women, of course, do not stand on the Bimah, the stage, but they are in the liberal ones.

Third: the Passover Plate.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder_plate



Passover Seder plate. Categories (with imaged examples in brackets): edit
1. Zeroa (shankbone)
2. Beitza (roasted hard-boiled egg)
3. Maror/Chazeret (horseradish)
4. Maror/Chazeret (onion)
5. Charoset
6. Karpas (parsley)

It includes specific items that are described during the Seder and definitely does not include an orange.

Hence, an indignant Orthodox Rabbi objections to women on the Bimah, considering it a sacrilege, though I am not sure whether an orange on the Seder Plate is.


Whew..

Perhaps others can correct and add