{"id":5790,"date":"2011-03-16T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:36:12","slug":"04-16-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/04-16-19\/","title":{"rendered":"19.\u00a0Customs Regarding the Recitation of the Hagada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hagada is recited with seriousness and reverence, so the custom is not to recline during the recitation. However, this seriousness incorporates joy and elation at the fact that God chose us from among all the nations and gave us the Torah (<strong>Shlah<\/strong>, MB 473:71, <strong>Kaf<\/strong> <strong>Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 473:152).<\/p>\n<p>We have already seen that the matza must be kept uncovered while we recite the Hagada, in keeping with the words of the Sages: \u201c\u2019<strong>le\u1e25em<\/strong> <strong>oni<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 bread over which we \u2018<strong>onim<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 answer or say \u2013 many things\u201d (<strong>Pesa\u1e25im<\/strong> 115b). Giving concrete expression to the Exodus story is the foundation of the mitzva to eat matza on the Seder night.<\/p>\n<p>However, when we raise the wine glasses to recite the paragraphs of <strong>\u201cVe-hi<\/strong> <strong>she<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>amdah\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cAnd this [promise] has stood\u201d) and \u201c<strong>Lefikhakh<\/strong> <strong>ana\u1e25nu<\/strong> <strong>\u1e25ayavim<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cTherefore it is our duty\u201d), as well as when reciting the long <strong>berakha <\/strong>on redemption (\u201c<strong>Birkat Ha-ge\u2019ula<\/strong>\u201d) just before drinking the second cup, the matza should be covered. The matza is more significant than the wine, and therefore, whenever we hold up the cup of wine and show it preference, the matza must be covered, so that it does not appear that we honor the wine more than the matza (SA 473:7, MB <strong>ad loc. <\/strong>73). It is for the same reason that we cover the bread when reciting <strong>kiddush<\/strong> every Shabbat and Yom Tov.<\/p>\n<p>When reciting the paragraph <strong>\u201cMatza<\/strong> <strong>zo<\/strong> <strong>she<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>anu<\/strong> <strong>okhlim\u201d <\/strong>(\u201cThis matza that we eat\u201d), the Seder leader holds up the matza for all of the participants to see, in order to endear the mitzva to them. And when <strong>\u201cMaror<\/strong> <strong>zeh\u2026\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cThis <strong>maror\u2026<\/strong>\u201d) is said, the <strong>maror<\/strong> is held up. However, when <strong>\u201cPesa\u1e25<\/strong> <strong>zeh\u2026\u201d<\/strong> is said, the <strong>zero\u2019a<\/strong> is not held up, because the <strong>zero\u2019a<\/strong> is not the actual meat of the <strong>korban<\/strong> <strong>Pesa\u1e25<\/strong>, but merely a commemoration of it. Thus, one who holds it up looks like he is offering sacrifices outside the Temple precincts (<strong>Pesa\u1e25im<\/strong> 116b; SA 473:7).<\/p>\n<p>It is customary to spill out a bit of wine from the cup when enumerating <strong>\u201cdam<\/strong>, <strong>va<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>esh<\/strong>, <strong>ve-timrot<\/strong> <strong>ashan\u201d <\/strong>(\u201cblood, fire, and pillars of smoke\u201d \u2013 Yoel 3:3), while reciting <strong>\u201cdetza\u1e25<\/strong>, <strong>adash<\/strong>, and <strong>be\u2019a\u1e25av\u201d <\/strong>(R. Yehuda\u2019s mnemonic device for remembering the Ten Plagues), and while enumerating the Ten Plagues. This comes to sixteen times. Some have a custom to drip the wine with the index finger, and others have a custom to pour out a little bit into a broken vessel (Rema 473:7; SHT 81 and<strong> Kaf<\/strong> <strong>Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/strong> 163-4 <strong>ad loc.<\/strong>). Rav Kook rules that one should not spill out <strong>Shemitta<\/strong> wine (produced from grapes grown on the Torah\u2019s Sabbatical year), but there is nevertheless a mitzva to use <strong>Shemitta<\/strong> wine for the four cups, because in general it is better to drink <strong>Shemitta <\/strong>wine (<strong>Peninei Halakha: Shevi\u2019it <\/strong>4:5, n. 5).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hagada is recited with seriousness and reverence, so the custom is not to recline during the recitation. However, this seriousness incorporates joy and elation at the fact that God chose us from among all the nations and gave us the Torah (Shlah, MB 473:71, Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim 473:152). 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