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[[Korech]] is the eating of the [[Matzah]] with [[Maror]] on [[Pesach]] during the [[Seder]]. <ref> [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1797/jewish/Korech.htm Chabad.org] </ref> | [[Korech]] is the eating of the [[Matzah]] with [[Maror]] on [[Pesach]] during the [[Seder]]. <ref> [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1797/jewish/Korech.htm Chabad.org] </ref> | ||
==What is Included?== | ==What is Included?== | ||
# One should take the bottom [[Matzah]] and eat it together with [[Maror]] and dip it in Charoset and then wipe the Charoset off. <Ref>S”A 475:1, Mishna Brurah 475:17. | # One should take the bottom [[Matzah]] and eat it together with [[Maror]] and dip it in Charoset and then wipe the Charoset off. <Ref>S”A 475:1, Mishna Brurah 475:17, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour. | ||
* '''Source:''' The Gemara in Pesachim 115a records a dispute about how the Mitzvot of [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] were fulfilled in the times that the temple stood. Chachamim say each thing was eaten on its own. Hillel held that you should wrap them up together into a sandwich to fulfill the Pasuk in Bamidbar 9:11 ,עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ. Rambam Hilchot Chametz U'[[Matzah]] 8:7-8 brings this down. According to Rashi and Rashbam Pesachim 115a this sandwich included the korban [[Pesach]]. The gemara concludes that since there is no ruling on who we should hold like, the practice is to recite the bracha on [[matza]] and eat the [[matza]], recite the beracha on [[maror]] and eat the [[maror]], and then eat them together without a beracha, as a zecher lamikdash kihillel. Shulchan Aruch 475:1 codifies this. Mishna Berura 475:16-18 | * '''Source:''' The Gemara in Pesachim 115a records a dispute about how the Mitzvot of [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] were fulfilled in the times that the temple stood. Chachamim say each thing was eaten on its own. Hillel held that you should wrap them up together into a sandwich to fulfill the Pasuk in Bamidbar 9:11 ,עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ. Rambam Hilchot Chametz U'[[Matzah]] 8:7-8 brings this down. According to Rashi and Rashbam Pesachim 115a this sandwich included the korban [[Pesach]]. The gemara concludes that since there is no ruling on who we should hold like, the practice is to recite the bracha on [[matza]] and eat the [[matza]], recite the beracha on [[maror]] and eat the [[maror]], and then eat them together without a beracha, as a zecher lamikdash kihillel. Shulchan Aruch 475:1 codifies this. Mishna Berura 475:16-18 | ||
* '''Shaking off Charoset''': Shulchan Aruch mentions shaking off the Charoset with [[Maror]] but doesn't mention it with korech and this is the opinion that he quotes in Beit Yosef 475 "Vichen Katav" in the name of the Maharil. Mishna Brurah 475:17 quotes the Maamar Mordechai that one should shake it off. Kaf Hachayim 475:32 says if you want to eat the Korech without shaking it off that you can. Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405 agrees. </ref> Some say not to dip the Korech in Charoset at all. <ref>Rama 475:1. Tur 475 quotes the Raavya 525 that we shouldn't dip the Korech in the Charoset because we already fulfill the obligation to dip when we eat [[Maror]], and the Charoset which is optional nullifies the obligation to fulfill [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] according to Hillel (This logic is also brought by Rabbeinu Yonah (seder [[pesach]] pg. 274). He adds that dipping here would be adding to the two dippings that we mention is Ma Nishtana. There is also no danger from the [[Maror]] because the [[Matzah]] nullifies the bitterness. Tur 475 quotes the Rosh Pesachim 10:27 that we should dip, and this is the opinion of the Or Zarua 2:256, and Haghot Maimoniyot Hilchot Chametz u'[[Matzah]] 8:7 as well. Mishna Brurah 475:19 writes that most Achronim hold like S”A, but those who have the Minhag should continue the Minhag. Chazon Ovadia 1: pg. 736 rejects the objections quoted in the Tur and concludes that we should dip in Charoset. </ref> If one forgot to dip in charoset, and finds it difficult to repeat, he may be lenient. Even then, however, one should eat at least a small quantity of [[Matza]] and [[Maror]] with Charoset <ref> Chazon Ovadia – Laws of [[Pesach]], pg. 101, Seder Hearuch pg. 528. </ref> | * '''Shaking off Charoset''': Shulchan Aruch mentions shaking off the Charoset with [[Maror]] but doesn't mention it with korech and this is the opinion that he quotes in Beit Yosef 475 "Vichen Katav" in the name of the Maharil. Mishna Brurah 475:17 quotes the Maamar Mordechai that one should shake it off. Kaf Hachayim 475:32 says if you want to eat the Korech without shaking it off that you can. Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405 agrees, as does [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour. </ref> Some say not to dip the Korech in Charoset at all. <ref>Rama 475:1. Tur 475 quotes the Raavya 525 that we shouldn't dip the Korech in the Charoset because we already fulfill the obligation to dip when we eat [[Maror]], and the Charoset which is optional nullifies the obligation to fulfill [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] according to Hillel (This logic is also brought by Rabbeinu Yonah (seder [[pesach]] pg. 274). He adds that dipping here would be adding to the two dippings that we mention is Ma Nishtana. There is also no danger from the [[Maror]] because the [[Matzah]] nullifies the bitterness. Tur 475 quotes the Rosh Pesachim 10:27 that we should dip, and this is the opinion of the Or Zarua 2:256, and Haghot Maimoniyot Hilchot Chametz u'[[Matzah]] 8:7 as well. Mishna Brurah 475:19 writes that most Achronim hold like S”A, but those who have the Minhag should continue the Minhag. Chazon Ovadia 1: pg. 736 rejects the objections quoted in the Tur and concludes that we should dip in Charoset. </ref> If one forgot to dip in charoset, and finds it difficult to repeat, he may be lenient. Even then, however, one should eat at least a small quantity of [[Matza]] and [[Maror]] with Charoset <ref> Chazon Ovadia – Laws of [[Pesach]], pg. 101, Seder Hearuch pg. 528, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour. </ref> | ||
#One should have a [[Kezayit]] of [[Matzah]] and of [[Maror]] for Korech. <ref> Mishna Brurah 475:16, Kaf Hachayim 475:30, Sh”t Chazon Ovadia 1:42 all write that one should eat a [[kezayit]] of [[matza]] and a [[kezayit]] of [[maror]] in the korech. Shaagat Aryeh 100 says that according to the Rosh who says that you should only eat a [[Kezayit]] when you say a Bracha, then there would be no need for a [[Kezayit]] here. He concludes himself though that one should eat a [[Kezayit]]. </ref> | #One should have a [[Kezayit]] of [[Matzah]] and of [[Maror]] for Korech. <ref> Mishna Brurah 475:16, Kaf Hachayim 475:30, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour, Sh”t Chazon Ovadia 1:42 all write that one should eat a [[kezayit]] of [[matza]] and a [[kezayit]] of [[maror]] in the korech. Shaagat Aryeh 100 says that according to the Rosh who says that you should only eat a [[Kezayit]] when you say a Bracha, then there would be no need for a [[Kezayit]] here. He concludes himself though that one should eat a [[Kezayit]]. </ref> | ||
# One shouldn’t mix anything into the Korech besides the [[matza]], [[maror]], and charoset. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 406 </ref> | # One shouldn’t mix anything into the Korech besides the [[matza]], [[maror]], and charoset. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 406, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour </ref> | ||
==How to combine them== | ==How to combine them== | ||
#Some say that the [[Maror]] should be placed on top of the [[Matzah]]<ref> Moadim U'Zmanim Haggada page 107 because the Gemara says he wraps the [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]], not that he wraps one in the other. </ref>, some say to wrap the [[Matzah]] in [[Maror]]<ref> Rabbeinu Chananel Pesachim 115a, Sefer Hachinuch mitzva 21 </ref>, while some say to place the [[Maror]] between the [[Matzah|Matzot]]. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan 475:7, Kitzur S"A 119:7. </ref> All of these methods are valid. <ref> Haggadat Moadim U'Zmanim page 107, Kitzur S”A 119:7, Aruch Hashulchan 475:7, Seder Hearuch pg. 527. see Haggadat Moadim Uzmanim pg. 107 for other opinions. The Mishnat Yaakov 475 explains that the reason the custom changed from wrapping the [[Matzah]] in [[Maror]] to putting the [[Maror]] between the [[Matzah|Matzot]] is that people started to use horseradish for [[Maror]] instead of romaine lettuce. </ref> | #Some say that the [[Maror]] should be placed on top of the [[Matzah]]<ref> Moadim U'Zmanim Haggada page 107 because the Gemara says he wraps the [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]], not that he wraps one in the other. </ref>, some say to wrap the [[Matzah]] in [[Maror]]<ref> Rabbeinu Chananel Pesachim 115a, Sefer Hachinuch mitzva 21 </ref>, while some say to place the [[Maror]] between the [[Matzah|Matzot]]. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan 475:7, Kitzur S"A 119:7. </ref> All of these methods are valid. <ref> Haggadat Moadim U'Zmanim page 107, Kitzur S”A 119:7, Aruch Hashulchan 475:7, Seder Hearuch pg. 527. see Haggadat Moadim Uzmanim pg. 107 for other opinions. The Mishnat Yaakov 475 explains that the reason the custom changed from wrapping the [[Matzah]] in [[Maror]] to putting the [[Maror]] between the [[Matzah|Matzot]] is that people started to use horseradish for [[Maror]] instead of romaine lettuce. </ref> | ||
==How to Eat?== | ==How to Eat?== | ||
# One should not make a interruption that is unrelated to the Mitzvot from the time that he makes the [[Brachot]] on [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] until eating the Korech. <Ref>S”A 475:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405, Tur 475 quoting the Sefer Hamanhig Hilchot [[Pesach]] 84. see [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/723317/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Brocha_on_Korech Brocha on Korech] by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky, where he explains that the reason we don’t recite a beracha on korech in the first place is because we assume that the [[berachot]] for [[matza]] and [[maror]] separately cover it </ref> After the fact if one made an interruption one still doesn’t make a Bracha on Korech . <Ref> Mishna Brurah 475:24, Sh”t Chazon Ovadyah 1:41, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405 </ref> | # One should not make a interruption that is unrelated to the Mitzvot from the time that he makes the [[Brachot]] on [[Matzah]] and [[Maror]] until eating the Korech. <Ref>S”A 475:1, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405, Tur 475 quoting the Sefer Hamanhig Hilchot [[Pesach]] 84. see [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/723317/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Brocha_on_Korech Brocha on Korech] by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky, where he explains that the reason we don’t recite a beracha on korech in the first place is because we assume that the [[berachot]] for [[matza]] and [[maror]] separately cover it </ref> After the fact if one made an interruption one still doesn’t make a Bracha on Korech . <Ref> Mishna Brurah 475:24, Sh”t Chazon Ovadyah 1:41, Yalkut Yosef Moadim pg. 405 </ref> | ||
# One should eat the Korech while leaning. <Ref>S”A 475:1, , Ben Ish Chai Tzav:34, Kaf Hachaim 475:36, Mishna Brura 475:23, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 pg. 100, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour </ref> If one didn’t lean and it’s difficult to repeat it one doesn’t have to. <Ref>Sh”t Chazon Ovadyah 1:40, Kaf Hachaim 475:36, Mekor Chaim 475, S”A HaRav 475:20, Pri [[Chadash]] 475:1, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1411 Dailyhalacha] by Rabbi Eli Mansour </ref> | |||
# One should eat the Korech while leaning. <Ref>S”A 475:1, , Ben Ish Chai Tzav:34, Kaf Hachaim 475:36, Mishna Brura 475:23, Chazon Ovadia [[Pesach]] 5763 pg. 100 </ref> If one didn’t lean and it’s difficult to repeat it one doesn’t have to. <Ref>Sh”t Chazon Ovadyah 1:40, Kaf Hachaim 475:36, Mekor Chaim 475, S”A HaRav 475:20, Pri [[Chadash]] 475:1. </ref> | |||
==What to Say== | ==What to Say== | ||
