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2. Mishna Berura – The reason is to fulfill the opinions that a food dipped in liquid
requires netilat yadayim.

Karpas

1. Mishna – One dips the vegetable so that there should be a distinction for the
children.

2. Rambam – One must eat a kezayit of Karpas.
3. Rosh – Less than a kezayit is enough.
4. Shulchan Aruch – One should specifically eat less than a kezayit to avoid doubts
concerning the beracha acharona.
5. Mishna Berura – Even if one ate a kezayit, one does not recite a beracha acharona.

Yachatz

1. Gemara/Shulchan Aruch – One breaks the matza in two as a poor man does,
keeping one to use later for afikoman.

Maggid

1. Gemara Berachot – Ben Zoma holds one must mention yetziat mitzrayim every
night, and this is the halacha.
2. How, then, is telling the story on Pesach night different from all other nights?
a. Minchat Chinuch – On Pesach night the mitzva is to tell another person.
b. Rav Chaim Soloveitchik – There are other unique aspects to the mitzva on the
Seder night.
i. Questions and answers.
ii. Must begin with the negative part of the story and conclude with the
positive.
iii. Must give the reason behind the mitzvot of the night.
c. Rema – One must ensure that everyone at the table can understand the telling
of the story.

Rachtza

1. Gemara – One must wash again in case his hands have become unclean during the
interim.

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