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Maror – Eating the Bitter Herbs Step: 9

Locate the
maror on the
table and get
ready to spread
it on some
matzah...

Leader: The next step of our Seder is to eat some bitter herbs to remember the bitter
afflictions of our people. Just as every Jew must imagine that he himself was emancipated
from Egypt, so he must imagine that he was enslaved there. Let’s take some matzah or a piece
of romaine lettuce and load it with some horseradish (enough to make the size of a small egg
if you would crunch it into a ball). Some people dip this into the charoset to soften the effect.
We will all recite the blessing over the bitter herb together and then eat it:

How much
maror?
All Recite: Ke’zayit – the
size of a
medium olive.

Barukh attah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha’olam, asher

kideshanu be’mitzvotav ve’tzivanu al achilat maror.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, Who
sanctified us with his commandments and commanded us to eat maror.
[Eat after reciting the blessing]

Regarding the slavery of the Israelites, the Torah says, “And the Egyptians Our faith
embittered (Wrr>m'y>w:) their lives with hard labor” (Exod. 1:14), from which we get our allows us room
for offering
word maror (bitterness). When we eat the bitter herbs, we remember the sorrow, thanks for
trouble, and suffering of our life in bondage to sin. As the horseradish brings tears to what is
bitter...
our eyes, may we also remember the affliction of those who still suffer in bondage...

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