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# One should take the middle of the three matzot and split it in two. One of those at the meal should put away (or hide) the larger piece of [[Matzah]]. <ref> S”A 473:6 </ref> | # One should take the middle of the three matzot and split it in two. One of those at the meal should put away (or hide) the larger piece of [[Matzah]]. <ref> S”A 473:6 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is to wrap the afikomin in some type of cloth based on the pasuk “משארותם צרורות על שמלותם” <ref>Shemot 12:34</ref> that the Jews carried out the [[matzah]] out of Egypt in sacks on their shoulders.<ref> S”A 473:6, Kitzur S”A 119:4, Nitai Gavriel ([[Pesach]] v. 2, p. 421)</ref> | |||
# Some have the minhag to place the afikomin on their shoulder as a remembrance to the jews as they left Egypt.<ref>Kitzur S”A 119:3, Mishna Brurah 473:59</ref> | |||
# Some have the minhag based on kabbalah to break the [[matzah]] into a daled and vav. <Ref>Ben Ish Chai (Tzav #33), Nitai Gavriel ([[Pesach]] v. 2, p. 421)</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Pesach]] | [[Category:Pesach]] | ||
[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] | ||
Revision as of 03:31, 4 February 2014
Yachatz
- One should take the middle of the three matzot and split it in two. One of those at the meal should put away (or hide) the larger piece of Matzah. [1]
- The minhag is to wrap the afikomin in some type of cloth based on the pasuk “משארותם צרורות על שמלותם” [2] that the Jews carried out the matzah out of Egypt in sacks on their shoulders.[3]
- Some have the minhag to place the afikomin on their shoulder as a remembrance to the jews as they left Egypt.[4]
- Some have the minhag based on kabbalah to break the matzah into a daled and vav. [5]
