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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Must maariv be said before the seder?
One who says maariv at shul surely says maariv before the seder. If one davens at home, must maariv be said before the seder? (This question came up in a comment to Why is counting the omer not in ...
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List of oppressors of the Jewish people
We say in the V'hi She'amda passage of the Pesach Hagaddah that in each and every generation there have been those who rose up against us to destroy us, but Hashem saves us from their designs. Is this ...
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No Hallel in the seder?
I used a reprint of an old haggada this year (I think it was this one) on the second night. Through the meal everything was as I expected, other than a few differences because the haggada is Egyptian ...
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Why does Echad mi Yodeia switch languages in middle?
Why does echad mi yodeia switch from hebrew (eg. אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ? אֶחָד אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ: אֶחָד אֱלֹהֵינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ.) to arameic (eg. שִׁבְעָה יְמֵי שַׁבָּתָא), back to hebrew (eg. ...
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Did the wicked son see the Exodus?
I know this is a little out of season but I am learning the Hagadah with the Malbim commentary. We are told in the Hagadah that the wise son will ask his question in the future, meaning he didn't see ...
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Seder night songs
In the מגיד section of the הגדה does anybody know if there are any songs/tunes for:
יכול מראש חודש
מעשה של ברבי אליעזר
Any part of the section starting צא ולמד
רבי יוסי הגלילי up to דינו
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Does the blessing on the karpas cover the pineapple eaten as dessert at the Pesach meal?
At the Pesach Seder, there is a custom to make a blessing “borei pri hoadomoh” on the karpas and have in mind that this will cover the moror when it is eaten later.
There is a custom to make a ...
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When did the Ma Nishtana start being called the Four Questions?
In the Mishnah Pesachim 10:4, we are first taught of the obligation to ask the Ma Nishtana question/s at the Pesach Seder. This consists of an opening question:
?מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילות/How is ...
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What is the minimum shiur for Shulchan Orekh?
It has been mentioned that abbreviating shulchan orekh at the seder can be a practical way of keeping the seder from going too late. I have also heard rabbis--when asked for leniencies in the amount ...
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Passover Seder for the infirm. Leniencies?
These questions have already been asked of a Rav. The object of asking them here is to be better informed to understand the sources used by and the answers given by the Rav.
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When did "Pour out your wrath" become widespread in Haggadot?
This website quotes Joseph Tabory as saying that the earliest known appearance of Pour Out Your Wrath in a Haggada was in the Machzor Vitry (p. 296) which dates back to around 1200 (See
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Ba'al HaTanya on Echad Mi Yodeya
I heard from a Rav in a shiur that he saw written somewhere in the name of the Ba'al HaTanya an explanation for the song Echad Mi Yodeya at the end of the Haggadah. It seems a little incongruous to ...
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Rabbi and Priest Debate: דצ"ך עד"ש באח"ב
Some of the commentators on the Haggada note a story between a rav and a priest where the latter claimed דצ"ך עד"ש באח"ב was a reference to our "heinous crimes" while the rav ...
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In modern Jewish Passover meals, is the wine mixed with water?
The reason why I am curious about this is because every Christian church (except the Orthodox Armenians) adds water to the wine in the Eucharistic chalice before consecration. They also claim that ...
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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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Is the "wicked son" of the Haggadah an apostate Jew?
I've seen a few sources that seem to understand that the wicked son of the Haggadah was an apostate Jew, who converted to Christianity. See for example, this answer and linked article, as well as ...
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Why is emphasis put on the sparing of the Jewish people at Makas Bechoros more than at any of the other Makos?
Shmos 12:27 --------------- שמות יב כז
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם זֶֽבַח־פֶּ֨סַח ה֜וּא לַֽיהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּ֠סַח
עַל־בָּתֵּ֤י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ
אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֣ינוּ ...
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May one be mafsik during hallel at the seder?
The Gemarah (Rosh Hashanah 34b) says that pausing during Hallel might invalidate one's recitation. Presumably (though maybe not) talking during Hallel is also problematic.
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How to say Mi Yodeya's version of Echad Mi Yodeya in hebrew
A selection of the Mi Yodeya series is being prepared for the
hagadah mi yodeya
14 are the books of the Rambam.
15 were the cubits of the Flood.
16 are the maneh of the myrrh.
17 were the ...
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What if the wicked son didn’t know better?
We say at the Seder:
רָשָׁע מָה הוּא אוֹמֵר? מָה הָעֲבוֹדָה הַזּאֹת לָכֶם. לָכֶם – וְלֹא לוֹ. וּלְפִי שֶׁהוֹצִיא אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִן הַכְּלָל כָּפַר בְּעִקָּר. וְאַף אַתָּה הַקְהֵה אֶת שִׁנָּיו ...
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Why the Placement of Pour Out Thy Wrath?
The paragraph "Pour Out Your Wrath" is in the Haggada after birchat hamazon and before Hallel.
Why might it have been placed there?
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Five Cups for Five Imahos?
The Shelah (Aseres HaDibros Pesachim Matza Ashira 102) writes an beautiful parallel between the four cups of Pesach and the four Imahos:
Sarah – Avraham and Sarah would be mekarev men and women ...
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How did the Seder Plate look according Jacob ben Asher?
Interested in the question of how the Seder Plate looked like in Jacob ben Asher. More precisely, even the question of how he arranged the matzo. I know that Rema and the Vilna Gaon placed the matzo ...
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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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May one perform the Seder out of order?
Does the order of the Seder matter? So long as each mitzvah is performed internally properly (i.e., at least a kezayis of matzah is eaten at some point in the Seder, all the required sections of ...
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Washing for Urchatz when you eat your Karpas with a fork
Based on the Gemara in Pesachim 115a-b (as explained by the primary Meforshim there) the reason we wash before Karpas is so that our hands don't make the water on the vegetables Tamei when we touch ...
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Why don't we say "this is a Succah our forefathers used in Exodus"
On the Seder Night, we say הא לחמא עניא - this is the bread our ancestors ate in Egypt.
The Torah says we should sit in Succos as G-d made Succos in Exodus (Lev 23.43).
לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ דֹרֹתֵיכֶם ...
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Why break Hallel in the middle of a parsha?
On Pesach night, following Beis Hillel we break up Hallel between חלמיש למעינו מים and לא לנו.
This is in the middle of a parsha, according to the Keter (navigate to Psalms --> From 114_2 to 118_1) ...
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What is parperet hapat
Mishnah Pesachim 10:3 says:
מְטַבֵּל בַּחֲזֶרֶת, עַד שֶׁמַּגִּיעַ לְפַרְפֶּרֶת הַפַּת
[he] dips the lettuce until he reaches parperet hapat
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Can a slave say the Haggadah?
Throughout the Haggadah, we make reference to the fact that originally we were slaves, but now we are freed. To quote just a couple of them:
עבדים היינו לפרעה במצרים...ואלו לא הוציא הקב״ה את אבותינו ...
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Which parts of the seder must be performed individually?
I have always wondered something about the Passover seder. Is the host being motzi everyone with his seder plate, or does everyone/every head of household* need to make a plate and personally carry ...
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Use Cazeres/romaine lettuce leaves?
I have seen some people use only the stalk and others use the whole leaf of the romaine lettuce for cazeres that they use by the Seder, both for the "plate" and for eating. What is the reason for the ...
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What is the source and reason for the two dipping items at Pesach Seder?
I somewhat understand why many have the custom to dip things in the first place during the Pesach Seder. But, I'm curious about the source and reason for these two specific items, namely:
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Liven up the seders with photos?
Has anyone tried making the seders more attractive to kids by use of photos? If so, what did you try and how did it work?
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I have found photos of: breaking a matza, locusts, a seder plate, ...
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Why is "בבהילו יצאנו ממצרים" a mix of two paraphrases?
Included in the Rambam's hagada text is the line
בבהילו יצאנו ממצרים,
replicated in some modern hagados. This line blends near-quotations of D'varim 16:3,
כִּי בְחִפָּזוֹן יָצָאתָ מֵאֶרֶץ ...
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Is it a problem of al titosh Torah imecha if you use a different nusach hagadah than your family's minhag?
Is it a problem of "al titosh Torah imecha" if you use a different nusach hagadah than your family's minhag?
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How to recite hallel with fewer than 3 men at seder
Are you supposed to do the responsive parts of Hallel at the Seder? indicates that, when three men are at the seder, Hallel is recited responsively.
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Passing meats during maggid
It says in pesachim that in the time of the beis hamikdash during maggid they would pass around small pieces of meats so the people are not starving. Is it still מותר to pass around meat?
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In every generation they rise against us - WHO?
We read in the Hagaddah:
וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ. שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלוֹתֵנוּ, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ ...
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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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Seeking halachic arguments for starting the Passover Seders earlier than Tzeit
Another thread (Starting the Seder after Sheki'ah (sunset)? Starting the Seder after Sheki'ah (sunset)?) included a discussion of the starting time of the Seders. This led me to search for ...
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Chad Gadya Protects Us From Jealous Angels?
Someone told me in the name of Rav Ephraim Wachsman that after the angels see how much pleasure our Pesach Sedarim give Hashem, they become jealous, which creates an element of danger for Klal Yisroel....
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Annus al pi haDibbur
In the Haggadah, we read that Ya'akov Avinu descended to Mitzrayim 'compelled by Divine decree.' Most understand this to mean that Ya'akov understood that his reunion with Yosef would begin the ...
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How should someone with a cast on his right arm lean?
Bi'ur Halacha, OC 472:3, poses the following question: How does someone with a cast on his right arm lean at the Seder?
On the one hand, he can only use his left arm to eat, so he should lean right.
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When was the din of Arba Kosot created?
The earliest source I found for the four cups in the Seder is the first Mishna in Pesachim 10:
On the eve of Pesah close to minhah one may not eat until nightfall. Even the poorest person in Israel ...
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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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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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How did Lavan become so evil and why wasn't he punished?
As in the previous question, the Haggadah mentions the wickedness of Lavan that surpasses the wickedness of Pharaoh.
THat wickedness seems inconsistent with the general story of the Torah - Eisov was ...
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Why at the Seder night it is not sufficient to be wise?
The Haggadah says:
וַאֲפִילוּ כֻּלָּנוּ חֲכָמִים, כֻּלָּנוּ נְבוֹנִים, כֻּלָנוּ זְקֵנִים, כֻּלָנוּ יוֹדְעִים אֶת הַתּוֹרָה
Listing 4 different qualities means that each one is not sufficient, and ...
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What type of cat is the שונרא of חד גדיא?
In "חד גדיא," the cat eats the goat. What type of cat was this that was big enough to be eating a goat?
My understanding from reading various articles is that this song was composed around ...
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