Questions tagged [afikoman]
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At a seder, If each kos has its own pri hagafen bracha, why does the afikoman not have its own al achilat matza bracha? [duplicate]
At an Ashkenazi seder, If each kos has its own pri hagafen bracha, why does the afikoman not have its own al achilat matza bracha?
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Rabbeinu Nissim's source in Rif Pesochim 23 apparent contradiction?
Rabbeinu Nissim ben Re'uven in Maseches Pesochim (page 23 in the Rif ד''ה דילמא see here) says that, whilst one has to eat the Pesach offering "על השובע" (an eating of satisfaction), when it comes to ...
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Why isn't the bracha "Al Achillat Matzah" said before eating the Afikoman?
Follow up to this answer. Excerpt (my bolding, here):
According to Rashi and the Rashbam: The main Matza and Maror were
eaten right at the end together with the kezayit piece of Pesach
lamb/kid in ...
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Is the Afikoman meant to be a substitute for Korban Pesach?
I don't recall, offhand, what the purpose of the Afikoman is. Is it supposed to "represent" the Pesach sacrifice?
If so - I'm curious about a common instruction I see in many Hagaddot. It says that ...
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