Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange
Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [passover-seder-hagada]

The seder (ceremonial meal of the first night or two of Passover) and the haggadah (text used at that meal).

The seder (ceremonial meal of the first night or two of Passover) and the haggadah (text used at that meal).

More specific tags are and . There's also overlap with many meal, Exodus, Passover, and other tags.

395 questions
9
votes
2 answers

Seeking mnemonic for the order of the Pesach Seder

The Passover Seder is long and has lots of steps. Sometimes I get confused what comes next! I'm looking for a mnemonic (perhaps poetic?) to use to help remember the order of the different steps. Do you know of any that have been used in the past?
Double AA
  • 98,894
  • 6
  • 250
  • 713
9
votes
3 answers

Do they change the text of the haggadah in Israel?

At the seder, we recite Ha Lachma and say: הָשַׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל -- This year we are here, next year in the Land of Israel. Do they say that in Israel? I have no problem with saying "Leshana habba-a birushalayim…
Maurice Mizrahi
  • 21,770
  • 3
  • 15
  • 57
8
votes
3 answers

What is Nirtzah?

In every one of the 15 steps one is supposed (according to Halacha) to either do something, eat something or say something. For example, Kadesh - one must do Kiddush - Biblical/Rabbinic. Urchatz - one must wash his hands - Rabbinic Karpas - dip…
ertert3terte
  • 40,485
  • 7
  • 96
  • 205
6
votes
1 answer

Ma Nishtana: Why does it say "On other nights we don't dip even once?"

Rav CF ben DanF omeir ... Mah Nishtanah says that on all other nights of the year, we don't dip even once. My son says, "That's not quite true. On Shabbat (and some people do it at each meal), people dip the bread in salt. On Rosh Hashanna, people…
DanF
  • 70,416
  • 8
  • 59
  • 244
6
votes
0 answers

Must maariv be said before the seder?

One who says maariv at shul surely says maariv before the seder. If one davens at home, must maariv be said before the seder? (This question came up in a comment to Why is counting the omer not in all haggadot?.)
Yehuda W
  • 8,153
  • 1
  • 18
  • 47
5
votes
2 answers

Small Seder Ideas (5780)

Unlike many past years when many of us enjoyed large seders with friends and extended family, we may all have very few people sitting around our seder tables this year (5780), and many of us will have two seders with exactly the same participants…
Yehuda W
  • 8,153
  • 1
  • 18
  • 47
4
votes
2 answers

Who is the shaliach השליח referred to in Magid in the Hagada?

In Magid in the Hagada, it says, אני ולא מלאך..., אני ולא שרף..., אני ולא השליח A grandson asked who is the shaliach (messenger) who is referred to with the specific letter ה? Please help the grandpa.
Avrohom Yitzchok
  • 47,518
  • 8
  • 47
  • 131
4
votes
1 answer

Did the wicked son see the Exodus?

I know this is a little out of season but I am learning the Hagadah with the Malbim commentary. We are told in the Hagadah that the wise son will ask his question in the future, meaning he didn't see the miracle. And the wicked son asks in the…
Winterwoman
  • 71
  • 4
3
votes
2 answers

Yahatz as a step in the Seder

When did Yahatz, as a ceremonial breaking of a specific piece of matzah, become a part of the Seder? In the Gemara (Pesachim 115b), there's a discussion of what it means for matzah to be "lehem oni", and there it mentions that one of the connections…
PixelArtDragon
  • 1,880
  • 11
  • 19
3
votes
0 answers

How the statements of R. El'azar Ben Azaria fits in the seder

What is the relevance of the Mishna amar rabbi El'azar ben Azaria to the haggada? Why mention this machlokes and why here why now? How do we practically gain from this mention?
user12468
  • 39
  • 2
3
votes
2 answers

Obligation of 'Seder Plate'

I have noticed that people have something called a 'seder plate' on which they place objects. Is there any obligation to do this? The reason I can think of is the custom of pointing during the recitation of the mishnah of Rabban Gamliel: 'matzoh…
paquda
  • 4,901
  • 20
  • 32
2
votes
1 answer

I heard that some old Haggadot originally had the passuk "ויבאנו אל המקום הזה" with an explanation. Where could I find this original text?

Included in Haggada with drash אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי, וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה, וַיָּגָר שָׁם בִּמְתֵי מְעָט; וַיְהִי-שָׁם, לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב. ו וַיָּרֵעוּ אֹתָנוּ הַמִּצְרִים, וַיְעַנּוּנוּ; וַיִּתְּנוּ עָלֵינוּ, עֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה. ז וַנִּצְעַק,…
Yirmiyahu Fischer
  • 169
  • 6
2
votes
1 answer

#8 and #9 in Mi Yodeya song

Item #8 in the Haggadah song Mi Yodeya sems different then the item assigned for any of the other numbers. All the other items can be individually counted. For example - 4 mothers, 3 fathers, 12 tribes, 11 stars, etc. item #8 says שמונה ימי מילה…
DanF
  • 70,416
  • 8
  • 59
  • 244
2
votes
2 answers

Why are the words related to Biur Chametz in Aramaic?

The paragraph we say on burning the chametz is in Aramaic. What is the reason for that part being in Aramaic, but not most of the Haggada? (The search is part of the prescribed Pesach ritual, as is the Haggada.) Was that part added to the Pesach…
Yehuda W
  • 8,153
  • 1
  • 18
  • 47
2
votes
0 answers

When did "Pour out your wrath" become widespread in Haggadot?

This website quotes Joseph Tabory as saying that the earliest known appearance of Pour Out Your Wrath in a Haggada was in the Machzor Vitry (p. 296) which dates back to around 1200 (See https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/105867?lang=bi) Two horrific…
Yehuda W
  • 8,153
  • 1
  • 18
  • 47
1
2