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Motzi Matzah (Now break and distribute the top matzah and say) Blessed art thou, O Eternal, our God, Ruler of the Universe, who bringest forth bread from the earth. Blessed art thou, O Eternal, our God, Ruler of the Universe, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us to eat bitter herbs. The sweet charoset symbolizes the mortar used by the Hebrew slaves while the maror reminds us of their toil. So the very institutions that cement a society --the family, adoption, marriage, halakhah-- can exact a bitter toll on the individual. we dip the one in the other. Koreich (Finally, break the bottom matzah, put maror between two pieces and eat this "sandwich.") The first sandwich was invented by Hillel in the days of the Temple to make literal the words of the Torah: "They shall eat the Passover offering with matzah and bitter herbs." Rachatz/Washing of hands |
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