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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 Romaine lettuce or horseradish.<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. Chazon Ish OC 124 writes that maror has to be left in the ground so that it is actually bitter.</ref> Some say that horseradish is absolutely not maror.<ref> [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/897904/rabbi-hershel-schachter/inyonei-pesach-4-pegimas-hakos-karpas-maror-birkas-hashir-sefiras-haomer/ Rav Schachter (Inyonei Pesach 4 5778 min 10)] quotes Rav Aharon Kotler who ate iceberg lettuce and Rav Soloveitchik who held it was specifically Romaine lettuce since that is what chazal had in Israel at that time. He explained that horseradish isn't considered maror. [https://www.ok.org/es/kosherspirit/spring-2010/maror/ Rabbi Gornish] quotes some who think that iceberg lettuce is acceptable. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=58681 Rav Shlomo Amar (Motzei Shabbat Tzav 5778 min 2)] also agrees that horseradish isn't maror at all.</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 Romaine lettuce or horseradish.<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. Chazon Ish OC 124 writes that maror has to be left in the ground so that it is actually bitter.</ref> Romaine lettuce is preferable.<ref>Guide to Practical Halacha (v. 5 p. 170 n. 5) quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as saying that Romaine lettuce is most ideal since chatzeret is first on the list it takes precedence over the other types of maror.</ref> Some say that horseradish is absolutely not maror.<ref> [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/897904/rabbi-hershel-schachter/inyonei-pesach-4-pegimas-hakos-karpas-maror-birkas-hashir-sefiras-haomer/ Rav Schachter (Inyonei Pesach 4 5778 min 10)] quotes Rav Aharon Kotler who ate iceberg lettuce and Rav Soloveitchik who held it was specifically Romaine lettuce since that is what chazal had in Israel at that time. He explained that horseradish isn't considered maror. [https://www.ok.org/es/kosherspirit/spring-2010/maror/ Rabbi Gornish] quotes some who think that iceberg lettuce is acceptable. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=58681 Rav Shlomo Amar (Motzei Shabbat Tzav 5778 min 2)] also agrees that horseradish isn't maror at all.</ref> | ||
# One shouldn't eat the Romaine lettuce together with horseradish.<Ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/897904/rabbi-hershel-schachter/inyonei-pesach-4-pegimas-hakos-karpas-maror-birkas-hashir-sefiras-haomer/ Rav Schachter (Inyonei Pesach 4 5778 min 11)] explained that one shouldn't eat the Romaine lettuce together with horseradish since the horseradish isn't a mitzvah its taste nullifies the taste of the maror and one doesn't fulfill one's obligation.</ref> | # One shouldn't eat the Romaine lettuce together with horseradish.<Ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/897904/rabbi-hershel-schachter/inyonei-pesach-4-pegimas-hakos-karpas-maror-birkas-hashir-sefiras-haomer/ Rav Schachter (Inyonei Pesach 4 5778 min 11)] explained that one shouldn't eat the Romaine lettuce together with horseradish since the horseradish isn't a mitzvah its taste nullifies the taste of the maror and one doesn't fulfill one's obligation.</ref> | ||
#The Gemara Pesachim 39a enumerates five types of maror. | #The Gemara Pesachim 39a enumerates five types of maror. | ||
