{"id":10156,"date":"2014-05-03T00:13:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T21:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=10156"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T10:30:00","slug":"15-03-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/15-03-13\/","title":{"rendered":"13. The Order of Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some eat the symbolic foods after <em>kiddush <\/em>but before eating challah. However, the more correct custom is to have the challah first, since <em>halakha <\/em>views bread as the more important food (<em>Peninei Halakha: Berakhot<\/em> 9:8). Additionally, if the symbolic foods are eaten before the bread, it is not clear what should be done about a <em>berakha a\u1e25arona<\/em> (<em>ibid<\/em>. 3:12).<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, after making <em>kiddush<\/em>, we wash our hands and make the <em>berakha<\/em> on the challah (which many dip into honey or sugar, as explained in the previous section). Afterward, we eat the symbolic foods. The <em>berakha<\/em> of <em>Borei Pri Ha-etz<\/em> should be recited over one of the fruits, which then covers all the rest of the fruits. The fruits require a separate <em>berakha<\/em> because <em>Ha-motzi<\/em> covers only foods that are filling and are an integral part of the festive meal. However, the symbolic fruits are meant to add meaning to the meal rather than being an integral part of it. Therefore, they require their own <em>berakha<\/em> (<em>ibid<\/em>. 3:7). Dates should be eaten first and the <em>berakha<\/em> of <em>Borei Pri Ha-etz<\/em> should be recited over them (even though eating an apple and honey is the best-known custom), because dates are one of the seven species associated with Eretz Yisrael (and are considered more auspicious than pomegranates as they are closer to the word \u201cland\u201d in the verse that lists the seven species; <em>ibid<\/em>. 9:9-10). After reciting the <em>berakha<\/em>, one should eat a bit of the fruit before reciting the traditional <em>Yehi Ratzon<\/em>, so that there is no interruption between the <em>berakha<\/em> and the eating.<\/p>\n<p>Symbolic foods whose <em>berakha<\/em> is <em>Borei Pri Ha-adama<\/em> do not require a separate <em>berakha<\/em>. Since they are cooked in the same way as normal vegetables, are filling, and are part of the meal, they are exempted by the <em>berakha<\/em> of <em>Ha-motzi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It is customary to recite a <em>Yehi Ratzon<\/em> before eating each of the symbolic foods. One of the participants recites the <em>Yehi Ratzon<\/em> out loud and everyone responds <em>Amen<\/em> and eats.<\/p>\n<p>Some eat the symbolic foods on the first night only (<em>Bnei Yisaskhar<\/em>, Tishrei 2:11), but many people do so on both nights (\u1e24ida; <em>Eliya Rabba<\/em>; <em>\u1e24atam Sofer<\/em>). Some even do so during the daytime meals (<em>Mateh Ephraim<\/em> 597:4; <em>Ben Ish \u1e24ai<\/em>, Year 1, Nitzavim \u00a78).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some eat the symbolic foods after kiddush but before eating challah. However, the more correct custom is to have the challah first, since halakha views bread as the more important food (Peninei Halakha: Berakhot 9:8). Additionally, if the symbolic foods are eaten before the bread, it is not clear what should be done about a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15-03"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>13. 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