Questions tagged [passover-seder-hagada]
The seder (ceremonial meal of the first night or two of Passover) and the haggadah (text used at that meal).
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Is Kos shel Eliyahu pogum?
Is the Kos shel Eliyahu after he drinks from it considered Pogum, and there fore one would not be allowed to use it until it is rectified?
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Why do we eat Matzah to commemorate what we did when we left Egypt, when we were already commanded to do so long before we left?
In the Haggadah, we say:
מצה זו שאנוּ אוכלים, על שום מה? על שום שלא הספיק בצקם של אבותינו להחמיץ עד שנגלה עליהם מלך מלכי המלכים, הקדוש ברוך הוא, וגאלם, שנאמר: ויאפו את הבצק אשר הוציאו ממצרים עגת ...
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Guide for which parts of the Maggid (in the Seder) need to be done in Hebrew?
I have heard that most of the Maggid can just be done in your native language, but there are some parts which should be done in Hebrew. Which parts are these? (sources if possible, please)
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Why does the Hagada say "אחד"?
By the 4 sons - the Hagada says אחד חכם ואחד רשע ואחד תם...
Why? It should just say חכם ורשע ותם ושאינו יודע לשאול!?!
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The simanei haseder (TOC of the seder)
Why was the simanei haseder created? Is there any real significance to them other than just being a table of contents? And Why do we chant or sing it at the start of the seder?
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Why make acronyms for the plagues? [duplicate]
In the Haggada, Rabbi Yehudah makes acronyms for the 10 plagues.
What was the purpose of making these acronyms?
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The fifth son at the seder
I have heard multiple times about the fifth son at the Seder table, the one that isn't there.
Can anyone tell me the source or who said it?
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Why Are We Blunting His Teeth?
We all know the famous question about the Rasha in the Hagada - why are we blunting his teeth?
Can everyone please write all the answers they know?
(besides for famous gematria; Rasha - Teeth = Tzadik)...
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Why did the Gra not say an after-blessing after karpas?
Ma'aseh Rav 191 records the practice of the Gra at his seder:
ומטבל בחומץ ומברך בפה"א ואוכל כזית ואינו מברך ברכה אחרונה ... ואומר אשר גאלנו ומברך בפה"ג ושותה הכוס
He dips [the karpas] in ...
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Rav Chaim Palagi and the 50th level of impurity in the haggadah
Rav Daniel Glatstein shlita says in a recent interview with ArtScroll (min. 23:24) that Rav Chaim Palagi, in his sefer Zechira Le'Chaim (Chaim Le Rosh, Haggadah Shel Pesach) divides the sections of ...
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Does Arba'a Banim mean four sons or four children?
I've seen Arba'a Banim translated as alternately four sons or four children. Are there any sources for whether the word "Banim" here means sons only or whether it should specifically be ...
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In the pesach Seder when we talk about מעשה שהיה בבני ברק. Why were the students not with their rebbeim?
In the pesach Seder when we talk about מעשה שהיה בבני ברק. Why were the students not with their rebbeim?
As it says in the Seder רבותינו הגיע זמן קריאת שמע של שחרית. This clearly means that they weren’...
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How is דרך חירות fulfilled nowadays with הסיבה?
Raavya (12th-13th centuries) writes that as it is no longer the case that folks recline on couches when eating (as was common during the Greco-Roman period) one should eat upright at the table.
Hagaos ...
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Why no bracha on telling the story of the Exodus?
Relating the story of the Exodus is a Biblical commandment. Why is there no bracha on specifically that?
An answer on this site says that we talk about the Exodus in the kiddush, but that does not ...
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Order of the haggadah
Is there a logical order to the Haggadah, or is it just a collection of ideas/teachings relating to the exodus?
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