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Karpas

Once everyone has washed their hands, the Seder continues with the eating of the Karpas vegetable, as
described by the Mishna.

h Masechet Pesachim 114a .דיק םיחספ תכסמ . 21
MISHNA: The attendants brought vegetables before the יוהילד יכיה יכ …תרזחב לבטמ וינפל ואיבה
leader of the Seder prior to the meal, if there were no other תוקוניתל אריכיה
vegetables on the table. He dips the chazeret into water or
vinegar… so that there be a conspicuous distinction for
the children.

How Much Karpas is Eaten?

According to the Rambam, one must eat a kezayit of Karpas, as eating an amount less than a kezayit is not
considered significant in halacha. This is the ruling of the Bach (Siman 473) and the Gra (Ma’aseh Rav 187)
as well.

r Rambam, Hilchot Chametz Umatza 8:2 ב:ח הצמו ץמח ׳לה | ם”במר . 22
One begins by reciting the beracha of borei pri ha’adama קרי חקולו המדאה ירפ ארוב ךרבמו ליחתמ
and then takes a vegetable and dips it in charoset and eats לכו אוה תיזכ לכואו תסורחב ותוא לבטמו
a kezayit; he as well as all the people sitting with him, each תוחפ לכוא ןיא דחאו דחא לכ ומע ןיבוסמה
person must not eat less than a kezayit. .תיזכמ

However, the Rosh and the Rashba hold that one need not eat a kezayit, since the purpose of Karpas is only
to pique the children’s interest, as stated in the Mishna above.

r Rosh, Masechet Pesachim 10:25 הכ:י םיחספ תכסמ | ש”אר . 23

…Because when reciting the beracha of “al achilat maror” (on לכאיש ךירצ רורמ תליכא לע ךרבמד םושמ
eating maror), one needs to eat a kezayit, as it is not defined תוקריב לבא תיזכמ תוחפב הליכא ןיאד תיזכ
as eating with less than a kezayit. However, concerning the ןיאו אמלעב א”הפב ןהילע ךרבמש תונושארה
vegetables [that one eats] earlier and upon which one recites .תיזכ םהמ ךירצ ןיא הליכא םהילע ןיריכזמ
borei pri ha’adama but does not mention eating, one does
not need [to eat] a kezayit.

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