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In the previous shiur, we studied halachic issues related to the Seder through the section of motzee-matza. In
Part Two, we will continue with the halachot related to the next stage of the Seder, the eating of the maror,
through the completion of the Seder.

Maror

There is a Torah obligation to eat the korban pesach (Paschal offering) together with matza and maror (bitter
herbs).

t Shemot 12:8 ח:בי | תומש 1 .

They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted תֹו ּ צ ַ מּו ׁש ֵ א י ִ ל ְ צ הֶּז ַ ה ה ָ לְי ַּ ל ַּ ב ר ָ ׂש ָּ ב ַ ה ת ֶ א ּול ְ כ ָ א ְ ו
over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. :ּוה ֻ ל ְ כאֹי םי ִ רֹר ְ מ ל ַ ע

It is clear from the above verse that the consumption of maror is an integral part of the mitzva to eat the
korban pesach. Therefore, the Gemara explains that when the korban pesach is no longer offered, the mitzva
of maror applies by rabbinic law only, in contrast to matza, for which there is an additional verse that records
the obligation to eat it independently.

h Masechet Pesachim 120a .כק םיחספ תכסמ 2 .
Rava said: The mitzva of matza nowadays, even after the רורמו אתיירואד הזה ןמזב הצמ :אבר רמא
destruction of the Temple, applies by Torah law; but the mitzva תוצמ לע ביתכד רורמ אנש יאמו .ןנברד
to eat bitter herbs applies by rabbinic law. And in what way are ןמזבו ,רורמ שי – חספ אכיאד ןמזב םיררמו
bitter herbs different from matza? As it is written, with regard אה ימנ הצמ .רורמ אכיל – חספ אכילד
to the Paschal offering: “They shall eat it with matzot and bitter רדה רדהימ הצמ – !םיררמו תוצמ לע ביתכ
herbs” (Bamidbar 9:11), from which it is derived: When there .תצמ ולכאת ברעב ארק היב
is an obligation to eat the Paschal offering, there is likewise a
mitzva to eat bitter herbs; and when there is no obligation to eat the Paschal offering, there is also no mitzva
to eat bitter herbs.
But if so, the same reasoning should apply to matza as well, as it is written: “With matzot and bitter herbs.”
The Gemara rejects this contention: The verse repeats the obligation to eat matza: “In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month in the evening, you shall eat matzot” (Shemot 12:18).

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