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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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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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Is it possible to say blessings on matzah and maror on Pesach Sheni?
The fact is that some Hasidim spend on Pesach Sheni a meal almost identical to the Seder. In addition, there are a number of people who were not able to have a seder on the night of Nisan 15 and they ...
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If one eats Matzah without leaning, does one need to make another Brocho on the Matza?
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The general law in the Gemara and brought in the Rambam and Shulchan Aruch is that one needs to lean while eating Matzah and drinking the 4 cups.
The question is: Is the leaning an essential ...
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Why two kzaysim of matza?
I saw that one eats a kzayis from the whole matza, and a kzayis from the broken matza. One reason given is because one is supposed to eat from the matza that hamotzi was said on and also eat from the ...
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Why Break the Matza of Yitzchak?
The three matzos of the seder are compared to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov (Maaseh Rokeach Seder Leil Pesach § 58). Why do we specifically break apart the middle matza (ויקח מצה האמצעית ויבצענה לשתים ...
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Why Break the Matza of Levi?
The Arizal compares the top matza to the Kohen, the middle to Levi, and the third to Yisroel (Pri Eitz Chaim Pesach (6:4) -
תקח הג' מצות מצה שמורה, ותניח הכהן למעלה, והלוי למטה ממנו, והישראל
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How and in what sense can the matzoh and moror nullify the Korban Pesach?
The Oruch HaShulchan in Simon סימן תעה quotes the Rambam (פרק שמיני דין ו:)
ואחר כך מברך "על נטילת ידים"... ואחר כך כורך מצה ומרור כאחת, ומטבל
בחרוסת ומברך "ברוך... אשר קדשנו במצותיו ...
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In Exodus, when exactly they "could not delay" until the dough was leavened?
THe Torah says (Ex 12,39):
וַיֹּאפוּ אֶת־הַבָּצֵק אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם עֻגֹת מַצּוֹת כִּי לֹא חָמֵץ כִּי־גֹרְשׁוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ וְגַם־צֵדָה לֹא־עָשׂוּ לָהֶם׃
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Gebrocht: how does an old person eat matza on seder night
If someone (e.g old people) can't eat a kzais (about 20 grams according to volume) of matza on seder night (within the required amount of time of about 4-9 min) because its too dry, then one usually ...
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Is there a halachic preference order to the grains used for matzot?
My understanding is that there are 5 grains that may be used for fulfilling the mitzvah of matzah at the seder: wheat, barley, rye, oats and spelt.
In U.S., the majority of matzot sold are made from ...
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Why on the pesach seder do we eat the matzo which represents freedom before we eat the maror which represents slavery?
Why on the pesach seder do we eat the matzah which represents freedom before we eat the maror which represents slavery?
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At the seder, (why) must we eat from three specific matzot rather than any?
The haggadah instructs us to eat specific matzot from the three on the plate at different times in the seder. Haggadot I've seen offer various explanations of the symbolism, and seem to treat these ...
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Can one use mongrammed matzot for the Seder?
At Kosherfest this year, a company introduced a line of monogrammed matzot. From the description the owner says:
We’re a 75-year-old ink manufacturer, we make edible inks as well as
kosher inks, ...
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Which sefiros does each seder matzah correspond to according to the Ari?
The Ari says regarding the Pesach seder, (I'm not sure of the exact source though),
"Arrange the Plate on the table by taking three matzahs and placing them one on the other: First the Israelite [...
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