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Korekh – Eating the Hillel Sandwich Step: 10

Locate the
charoset on the
table as well as
the maror... Get
two pieces of
matzah to make
your “sandwich.”

Leader: In the days of the Second Temple, the sage Hillel used to say, “If I am not for
myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”
(Pirke Avot 1:14). During Passover Hillel used to make a “sandwich” of matzah, maror and
lamb to fulfill the Torah’s command: “You shall eat the Passover with matzah and maror.”

They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire;
with matzah and maror they shall eat it. (Exod. 12:8) Note:
The charoset
reminds us of the
mortar used to
Instead of eating lamb, today we substitute charoset. glue the bricks
together while we
We take some matzah and shmear some maror were in Egypt...
(horseradish) on one end and some charoset on the other.
“Charoset” comes
We then top off the matzah with another piece. When from the Hebrew
you eat, begin with the bitter and move to the sweet to word cheres,
remind yourself of the good end of your redemption... meaning “clay.”

Note: The step of Korekh was developed to accommodate an argument among the sages.
Hillel thought that the matzah and maror (and lamb) should be eaten together, whereas other
sages thought they should be eaten separately. Therefore Jewish tradition opted to do both:
first we eat them separately (the Motzi Matzah step followed by the Maror step), and then we
do it again together - as the Korekh step. Strictly speaking, the Korekh step is not necessary,
since it is of rabbinic origin (mitzvah D’rabbanan), whereas the eating of unleavened bread
and bitter herbs is a Scriptural commandment (mitzvah D’oraita).

We are now ready to answer the very important “fifth question” of the Seder: “When do we
eat?” And the answer is (almost) now! This concludes the first part of the Seder. We now will
eat dinner (shulchan orekh) and continue after the meal is completed. Bete’avon!

Important:
Before we eat dinner,
however, we will recite
the Passover blessing on
the following page...

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