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To the sage Hillel, eating matzah and maror together was no trivial
matter. As far as Hillel was concerned, slavery and freedom were
merged into one historical event. The bread of poverty became the
bread of freedom and should be tasted together with the bitter maror,
so that one should know both the bitterness of slavery and the joy of
freedom. In our time of freedom, we must not forget the bitterness of
slavery; in times of oppression, we must sustain the hope of freedom.
Pieces of the bottom matzah are distributed to everyone at the
table. Sandwich some maror between two pieces of matzah, recite
the blessing below, then eat!
רֹור ָ ה ּומָּצ ַ ְך מֵ ה ּכֹורָי ָ ים: הָי ַ ה קָי ָ ׁש ה ָ ּד ְ ק ִ ּמ ַ ית ה ֵ ן שּב ַ מ ְז ִ ל ּבֵ ּל ִ ה ה ָ ׂש ָ ן ע ֵל. ּכֵ ּל ִ ה ְׁש ּכ ָ ּד ְ ק ִ מ ְ ר ל ֶ כֵז
הּו. ֻלְ אכֹים י ִ רֹר ְ ּצֹות ּומ ַ ל מ ַ ר: ע ַ מ ֱ אֶּנ ֶ ה ׁש ַ ים מֵי ַ ק ְ ד, ל ַ חַי ְ ל ּב ֵ אֹוכְו
Zeicher l'mikdash k'hileil. Kein asah hileil bizman shebeit hamikdash hayah kayam.
Hayah koreich pesach, matzah, u-maror v'ocheil b'yachad. L'kayeim mah shene-
emar. “Al matzot um'rorim yochlu-hu.”
Eating matzah, maror and haroset this way reminds us of how, in the days of the
Temple, Hillel would do so, making a sandwich of the Pascal lamb, matzah and maror, in
order to observe the law “You shall eat it (the Pesach sacrifice) on matzah and maror.”
Korech ך ֵ ּכֹור
The bitter and the sweet
Shulchan Orech ך ֵ ן עֹור ָ ח ְ ל ֻ ׁש
The meal is served!