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==Setting the Table== | ==Setting the Table== | ||
# One should set his table before [[Yom Tov]] so that one can eat the [[Seudah]] right after [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. <ref> Tur and | # One should set his table before [[Yom Tov]] so that one can eat the [[Seudah]] right after [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. <ref> Gemara Pesachim 109a explains that the seder table should be set before Pesach so that a person can start the meal right away so that the children don't fall asleep. Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 472:1 codify this as the halacha. Aruch HaShulchan 472:2 adds another reason why we should have the table set before [[Yom Tov]] is to have the table set for many hours before a meal like the tables of kings. </ref> One doesn’t actually have to start [[the Seder]] right after Tzet but the table should be set so it’s possible to start right away. <ref> Mishna Brurah 472:1 explains that it’s not precise when S”A writes that the table should be set so that one can start right after it gets dark rather it means that it should be possible to start then. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Pesach]] part 2, pg 5) concurs. However, Or Samech (Hilchot Chametz UMatzeh 7:3) suggests that since [[Matzah]] is compared to [[Pesach]], just like [[Pesach]] is supposed to be eaten right after Tzet so too the [[Matzah]] is supposed to be eaten right after Tzet. </ref> | ||
#One should set the table with nice utensils according to what one can afford. <ref> Tur and S”A 672:2. Mishna Brurah 472:5 adds that one should nice utensils even though during the rest of the year one should refrain from using the best utensils because of [[Zecher LeChurban]] (to commemorate the destruction of the temple; [[Zecher_LeChurban]]). </ref> | #One should set the table with nice utensils according to what one can afford. <ref> Tur and S”A 672:2. Mishna Brurah 472:5 adds that one should nice utensils even though during the rest of the year one should refrain from using the best utensils because of [[Zecher LeChurban]] (to commemorate the destruction of the temple; [[Zecher_LeChurban]]). </ref> | ||
# One should set the chairs so that it is possible to lean properly while eating and drinking. <ref> Tur and S”A 472:2 </ref> | # One should set the chairs so that it is possible to lean properly while eating and drinking. <ref> Tur and S”A 472:2 </ref> | ||
# One should distribute candies to the children so that they ask about the differences on the night of [[peasch]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 472:16 based on Peschim 108 </ref> | # One should distribute candies to the children so that they ask about the differences on the night of [[peasch]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 472:16 based on Peschim 108 </ref> | ||
==Preparing the food== | ==Preparing the food== | ||
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==Kos Shel Eliyahu== | ==Kos Shel Eliyahu== | ||
# Many have the practice of pouring an extra glass of wine and leaving it at the table, referred to as the kos shel eliyahu <ref>Chok Yaakov Siman 480 </ref> | # Many have the practice of pouring an extra glass of wine and leaving it at the table, referred to as the kos shel eliyahu <ref>Chok Yaakov Siman 480 </ref> | ||
# One should immerse the kos of eliyahu used for the seder night without a beracha. <ref> [http://tvunah.org/2014/04/07/507/ Rav Osher Weiss] </ref> | # One should immerse the kos of eliyahu used for the seder night without a beracha. <ref> [http://tvunah.org/2014/04/07/507/ Rav Osher Weiss] </ref> | ||
==Kittel== | |||
# Ashkenazim have a practice to wear a kittel for the seder.<ref>Taz 472:3, Mishna Brurah 472:12</ref> | |||
# A mourner doesn't wear a kittel.<ref>The Rama 610:4 presents 2 reasons for wearing a kittel: to mimic the angels and to remember the day of death. The Taz 472:3 writes that a mourner doesn't wear a kittel for the first reason. Mishna Brurah 472:13 writes that the mourner doesn't wear a kittel but if he doesn't one shouldn't protest.</ref> Some say that the minhag is that a mourner does wear a kittel for the seder.<ref>Dirshu 472:17 citing Rav Shlomo Zalman (Halichot Shlomo p. 136)</ref> | |||
# One shouldn't bring the kittel into the bathroom.<ref>Mishna Brurah 610:18</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
