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# One must ensure to '''chew''' the Maror, and to not just swallow it without tasting it; otherwise, one doesn't fulfill his obligation. <ref> Pesachim 115b </ref>. | # One must ensure to '''chew''' the Maror, and to not just swallow it without tasting it; otherwise, one doesn't fulfill his obligation. <ref> Pesachim 115b </ref>. | ||
==Which Vegetable?== | ==Which Vegetable?== | ||
# Even though Chazal enumerated five types of vegetables to satisfy the obligation of Maror, because we can't identify them one should use either lettuce or horse raddish.<ref>Mishna (Pesachim 39a), S"A 473:5, Piskei Teshuvot 473:15</ref> | # Even though Chazal enumerated five types of vegetables to satisfy the obligation of Maror, because we can't identify them one should use either lettuce or horse raddish.<ref>Mishna (Pesachim 39a), S"A 473:5, Piskei Teshuvot 473:15. see also [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/723313/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Definition_of_Maror Definition of Maror] by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky </ref> | ||
==How much Maror?== | ==How much Maror?== | ||
# One must eat 1 [[Kezayit]] of Maror with a Bracha of Al Achilat Maror. <Ref>S”A 475:1 </ref> | # One must eat 1 [[Kezayit]] of Maror with a Bracha of Al Achilat Maror. <Ref>S”A 475:1. see also [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/723314/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Amount_of_Maror_to_Eat Amount of Maror] by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky </ref> | ||
==Charoset== | ==Charoset== | ||
# The Maror should be dipped into the Charoset. One should wipe off the charoset and not dip it for too long otherwise it’ll remove the taste of the Maror. <Ref>S”A 475:1 </ref> Some only dip it partially. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 475:13 </ref> | # The Maror should be dipped into the Charoset. One should wipe off the charoset and not dip it for too long otherwise it’ll remove the taste of the Maror. <Ref>S”A 475:1 </ref> Some only dip it partially. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 475:13 </ref> | ||
==Leaning== | ==Leaning== | ||
# One doesn’t have to lean when eating the Maror <Ref>S”A 475:1 </ref> but if one wants to one may do so. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 475:14. Magen Avraham (475:6) writes that if one did indeed lean while eating maror one nonetheless fulfills his obligation. Rabbi Shmuel Loew in Machatzit Ha-Shekel finds support for this from the fact that Hillel must have leaned while eating maror since he ate it together with the matzah. However, Mishnah Berurah (475:14) writes that if one so desires one may lean while eating the maror. Rabbi Hezekiah Silva in Pri Chadash (475:1) defends this approach by arguing that leaning is not a contradiction to slavery, for after all even the matzah and the first two cups of wine serve as partial symbols of slavery and are nevertheless leaned for. </ref> | # One doesn’t have to lean when eating the Maror <Ref>S”A 475:1 </ref> but if one wants to one may do so. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 475:14. Magen Avraham (475:6) writes that if one did indeed lean while eating maror one nonetheless fulfills his obligation. Rabbi Shmuel Loew in Machatzit Ha-Shekel finds support for this from the fact that Hillel must have leaned while eating maror since he ate it together with the matzah. However, Mishnah Berurah (475:14) writes that if one so desires one may lean while eating the maror. Rabbi Hezekiah Silva in Pri Chadash (475:1) defends this approach by arguing that leaning is not a contradiction to slavery, for after all even the matzah and the first two cups of wine serve as partial symbols of slavery and are nevertheless leaned for. </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 01:51, 20 May 2014
Obligation
- One must ensure to chew the Maror, and to not just swallow it without tasting it; otherwise, one doesn't fulfill his obligation. [1].
Which Vegetable?
- Even though Chazal enumerated five types of vegetables to satisfy the obligation of Maror, because we can't identify them one should use either lettuce or horse raddish.[2]
How much Maror?
Charoset
- The Maror should be dipped into the Charoset. One should wipe off the charoset and not dip it for too long otherwise it’ll remove the taste of the Maror. [4] Some only dip it partially. [5]
Leaning
Sources
- ↑ Pesachim 115b
- ↑ Mishna (Pesachim 39a), S"A 473:5, Piskei Teshuvot 473:15. see also Definition of Maror by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky
- ↑ S”A 475:1. see also Amount of Maror by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky
- ↑ S”A 475:1
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 475:13
- ↑ S”A 475:1
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 475:14. Magen Avraham (475:6) writes that if one did indeed lean while eating maror one nonetheless fulfills his obligation. Rabbi Shmuel Loew in Machatzit Ha-Shekel finds support for this from the fact that Hillel must have leaned while eating maror since he ate it together with the matzah. However, Mishnah Berurah (475:14) writes that if one so desires one may lean while eating the maror. Rabbi Hezekiah Silva in Pri Chadash (475:1) defends this approach by arguing that leaning is not a contradiction to slavery, for after all even the matzah and the first two cups of wine serve as partial symbols of slavery and are nevertheless leaned for.
