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Korech

In order to understand the correct procedure to follow for Korech, we need to first examine a passage in the
Gemara in Pesachim, which cites the dispute between the Rabbis and Hillel as to how the matza and maror
were eaten during Temple times.

h Masechet Pesachim 115a .וטק םיחספ תכסמ . 18

They said about Hillel that he would wrap matza and bitter תבב ןכרוכ היהש ללה לע וילע ורמא
herbs together and eat them, as it is stated: “They shall eat it םירורמו תוצמ לע“ :רמאנש ןלכואו תחא
with matzot and bitter herbs” (Bamidbar 9:11), which indicates וילע ןיקלוח ןנחוי יבר רמא ”.והולכאי
that these two foods should be consumed together. תבב ןכרוכ אהי לוכי אינתד ללה לע ויריבח
Rabbi Yochanan said: Hillel’s colleagues disagree with him, as דומלת ןלכוא ללהש ךרדכ ןלכואו תחא
it was taught in another beraita: I might have thought that one הז וליפא והולכאי םירורמו תוצמ לע רמול
should wrap matzot and bitter herbs together and eat them in .ומצע ינפב הזו ומצע ינפב
the manner that Hillel eats them; therefore the verse states:
“They shall eat it with matzot and bitter herbs,” meaning that
one may eat even this, the matza, by itself, and that, the bitter
herbs, by themselves.

According to the Gemara, the Rabbis and Hillel disagree as to whether the matza and maror were eaten
together with the korban pesach or separately: Hillel holds that they were to be eaten together, while the
Rabbis hold that they were to be eaten separately.
There is no conclusive ruling about this dispute, and the Gemara cited below, in the continuation of the same
passage, states that one should follow both opinions. Therefore, we first eat the matza and maror separately
and then during Korech we eat them together in accordance with the opinion of Hillel.

h Masechet Pesachim, ibid. םש םיחספ תכסמ . 19
Now that the halacha was stated neither in accordance with אלו ללהכ אל אתכלה רמתיא אלד אתשה
the opinion of Hillel nor in accordance with the opinion of the רדהו ,ליכאו הצמ תליכא לע ךרבמ ןנברכ
Rabbis, one recites the blessing: Commanded us over eating ליכא רדהו ,ליכאו רורמ תליכא לע ךרבמ
matza, and eats matza to fulfill his obligation. And then he רכז הכרב אלב ידדה ידהב אסחו הצמ
recites the blessing: Commanded us over eating maror, and .ללהכ שדקמל
eats. And then he eats matza and lettuce together without
a blessing in remembrance of the Temple, in the manner of
Hillel in the days of the Temple.

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