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Technically, one who wishes to drink after the first of the four cups may do so, but le-khat\u1e25ila <\/strong>it is best not to drink between the first and second cups, lest one become intoxicated to the point of being unable to read the Hagada with proper focus. However, it is permissible to drink non-alcoholic beverages such as grape juice or any other juice (SA 473:3, MB 16 ad loc.<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

If, while reciting the blessing over the wine, one had in mind to drink other beverages, he need not recite a berakha <\/strong>over them, because the berakha <\/strong>over wine covers all beverages. Even if he did not intend to drink other beverages, but they were on the table and there was a chance that he might want to drink them, he need not recite a berakha<\/strong> before drinking them, because the blessing over wine covers these too.[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

A firstborn who fasted on Erev Pesa\u1e25, or someone so hungry that he finds it difficult to concentrate on reciting the Hagada, may eat foods such as eggs, fruits, potatoes, and kitniyot<\/strong> (for those who eat kitniyot<\/strong> on Pesa\u1e25) after kiddush<\/strong>. However, he should not eat too much, so that he saves his appetite for the matza. Furthermore, this is only permitted when there is great need. If one can restrain himself, it is best not to eat anything before the meal, because when one eats after kiddush<\/strong>, he runs into the uncertainty of whether he has to recite a berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona <\/strong>(and if one eats, he must recite a berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona<\/strong>).[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

This eating and drinking is only permissible before one pours the second cup and begins reciting the Hagada. However, after beginning the Hagada, it is forbidden to interrupt by eating or drinking (BHL 473:3, based on Ramban and Ran; however, it notes that Ha-ma’or<\/strong> and Tosafot<\/strong> permit).<\/p>\n

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\n[10]<\/a>. See SHT 473:18. According to SAH 473:13 and MB 479:5, if one wants to drink \u201c\u1e25amar medina<\/strong>\u201d (the alcoholic non-wine beverage locally considered significant) and did not initially have it in mind, in which case it requires a new berakha<\/strong>, the beverage is prohibited, as it looks like he is adding to the four cups since be-di\u2019avad<\/strong> one can fulfill the mitzva by drinking \u1e25amar medina <\/strong>for all four cups. This is the proper custom. (\u1e24emed Moshe<\/strong> forbids even other drinks if one must make a berakha <\/strong>on them. See Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim <\/strong>473:40. It remains unclear whether this stringency applies to the Sephardic custom, according to which a berakha<\/strong> is not recited before every cup.)<\/p>\n

[11]<\/a>. One would presumably need to recite a berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona<\/strong>. Since the food one eats before a meal is not considered part of the meal, he must recite a berakha<\/strong> after finishing the food before beginning the meal. This is the opinion of Ben Ish \u1e24ai <\/strong>(Naso 4), Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 177:7, and Or Le-Tziyon<\/strong> 12:7. In principle, MB 176:2 also rules this way, but states that according to several poskim<\/strong>, if the food is of a type that is not covered by the berakha<\/strong> of \u201cha-motzi<\/strong>,\u201d such as fruit, and the person intends to continue eating fruit during the meal, he should not make a berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona<\/strong>, since the berakha<\/strong> that he made on the fruit will include the fruit he eats during the meal. Also, since Birkat Ha-mazon<\/strong> covers the fruit that he ate during the meal, it will also cover the fruit he ate before the meal. Consequently, an uncertain situation arises, since according to Rashbam the berakha<\/strong> on the karpas<\/strong> is also supposed to cover the maror<\/strong>. Therefore, SA states that one should specifically eat less than a kezayit<\/strong> of karpas<\/strong> so that he will not have to recite a berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona<\/strong>. If one recited a berakha a\u1e25arona <\/strong>over the food he ate after kiddush<\/strong>, that berakha<\/strong> would cover the karpas<\/strong>, and the berakha <\/strong>he made on the karpas <\/strong>would no longer cover the maror<\/strong>. Nevertheless, in practice, one should recite the berakha<\/strong> a\u1e25arona <\/strong>of Borei Nefashot <\/strong>and not make another berakha <\/strong>on maror<\/strong>, for in cases of uncertainty regarding berakhot<\/strong>, we are lenient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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