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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. see also [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/723313/Rabbi_Zvi_Sobolofsky/Definition_of_Maror Definition of Maror] by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky </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), Shulchan Aruch 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. 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>
# 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>

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Obligation

  1. 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?

  1. 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?

  1. One must eat 1 Kezayit of Maror with a Bracha of Al Achilat Maror. [3]

Charoset

  1. 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

  1. One doesn’t have to lean when eating the Maror [6] but if one wants to one may do so. [7]

Sources

  1. Pesachim 115b
  2. Mishna (Pesachim 39a), Shulchan Aruch 473:5, Piskei Teshuvot 473:15. see also Definition of Maror by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky
  3. S”A 475:1. see also Amount of Maror by Rav Zvi Sobolofsky
  4. S”A 475:1
  5. Mishna Brurah 475:13
  6. S”A 475:1
  7. 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, Mishna Brurah (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.