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Summary of Halachot of the

Seder Night I

Kadesh

1. The basis for the four cups
a. Gemara – Everyone is obligated in the mitzva of the four cups.
b. Rambam – Drinking wine is an expression of freedom.
c. Rashi – Four cups correspond to the four expressions of freedom in Parshat
Va’era.
2. The amount of wine one needs to drink for Kiddush
a. Tosafot – A cheek-full.
b. Ramban – The majority of the cup (and ideally the whole cup).
c. Shulchan Aruch – Mentions both opinions.
d. Mishna Berura – Ideally one should drink the majority of the cup, but bedieved,
a cheek-full is sufficient.
e. Mishna Berura – One should ideally drink it at one time.
3. The size of the cup
a. Must contain a revi’it of wine.
b. Rav Chaim Naeh – 86 cc.
c. Chazon Ish – 150 cc.
d. Biur Halacha – For Torah obligations, the higher shiur should be used, while
for rabbinic obligations (including the four cups), the lower shiur may be used.
4. Reclining
a. Rambam – Reclining is an expression of freedom.
b. Ra’avyah – Today it does not apply since people do not usually recline.
c. Shulchan Aruch – Reclining must still be practiced today, though with regard to
women, only prominent women must recline.
d. Rema – Women follow the Ra’avyah and do not need to recline.
e. Ben Ish Chai – Sefardic women should recline.

Urchatz

1. Shulchan Aruch – One washes hands but does not recite a beracha.

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