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Mekor for Dayenu 'warfare' seder tradition
I recall seeing a minhag in which the participants enjoy hitting each other with scallions during Dayenu at the seder night. I don't know much about this but I was very curious on learning what is the ...
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When Pesach falls on Motzei Shabbos, should women make Havdallah?
Although there are numerous customs, some have the custom that all present at the Seder - including women - recite Kiddush together.
On a year such as this, where pesach falls on Motzei Shabbos, what ...
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What is the significance of using specifically a chicken for the Zero'ah?
The Chabad custom and possibly others is to use a chicken neck as the zero'ah.
Why specifically do we use a chicken to substitute for the Korban Pesach and not any other animal or fowl?
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What is a typical Ashkenazi Seder like?
Inspired by the comments here, I realized how little I know about what other customs' Sedarim are like. As an Ashkenazi, I'd only ever participated in Ashkenazi Sedarim. Surely there are those who ...
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What is a typical Mizrachi Seder like?
Inspired by the comments here, I realized how little I know about what other customs' Sedarim are like. As an Ashkenazi, I'd only ever participated in Ashkenazi Sedarim. As such, I'd like to explore ...
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What is a typical Teimani Seder like?
Inspired by the comments here, I realized how little I know about what other customs' Sedarim are like. As an Ashkenazi, I'd only ever participated in Ashkenazi Sedarim. As such, I'd like to explore ...
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What is a typical Sefardi Seder like?
Inspired by the comments here, I realized how little I know about what other customs' Sedarim are like. As an Ashkenazi, I'd only ever participated in Ashkenazi Sedarim. As such, I'd like to explore ...
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Is it praiseworthy for each member of the seder to have all the required foods on his plate?
I was reading a Haggadah and it says that the head of the seder is the only one required to have a plate with all the necessary foods on it. Is it praiseworthy to have each member have all these foods ...
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My family uses tomatoes for karpas, is there a mekor for using tomatoes for karpas?
My family minhag is to use tomatoes for karpas, what is the mekor for this and do any of you guys on miyodeya use tomatoes for karpas as well.
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How can we not say an after bracha on Kiddush wine during the seder
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 473:2) rules that after the first cup at the seder, one doesn't make an after bracha. The Mishnah Berurah (s.k. 11) explains that we rely on benching after the meal to cover it, ...
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Sources about door-opening at the Seder
In Would there be anything wrong with opening the door earlier at the seder?, the OP lists two possible reasons for opening the door at the Seder, neither of which has any solid sourcing mentioned in ...
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Would there be anything wrong with opening the door earlier at the seder?
We open the door at Shfoch chamatcha. I have heard that it is to invite Eliyahu, or to show a lack of worry on a leil shimurim. But would it be acceptable to open the door before ha lachma anya, when ...
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Salt on the table at Pesach seders
It seems that some don't dip the matzah into salt before eating it at the seder. Also, in my community, salt is not put on the table for the seder (except for the salt water for karpas/beitzah--which ...
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Why read the hagadda on Shabbos Hagadol?
My family has a custom to read the hagadda on the Shabbos before Pesach, from עבדים היינו until לכפר על עוונותינו. This custom is mentioned in many hagaddos, and in the Ezras Torah Luach (although ...
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When was Nirtzah added?
The Rambam's Haggadah and the Ba'al HaTanya's Haggadah lack Nirtzah. @DoubleAA quotes a version of the Simanim poem in which the order concludes with Hallel, as well. Also note the discussion here ...
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