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ָברוּךְ ַא ָתה ְי ָי ַ ֱאלֹ ֵּ ֵֽהינוּ ֶ ֵֽמ ֶלךְ ָהעוֹ ָלם, ֲא ֶשׁר ִּק ְד ָ ֵֽשׁנוּ ְב ִּמ ְצוֹ ָתיו ְו ִּצ ָ ֵֽוּנוּ ַעל ֲא ִּכי ַלת ָמרוֹר:
Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, Who makes us holy through your
commandments, and commands us to eat bitter herbs. KORECH - EATING THE KORECH
The tradition of eating matzah and maror together combines the bread of liberation with the remembrance of the bitterness of slavery and is central to the theme of Passover.
Take the third, bottom matzah, and prepare a sandwich of matzah, maror and charoset. Eat it while reclining to the left.
SHULCHAN ORECH - THE PASSOVER DINNER IS SERVED
EAT!EAT!EAT!
Can Dogs Eat Chametz? Inquiring Minds Need to Know
PetsarenotboKundnbyohwala...khaa.n.dthereforedonotkeepkosher—indeed,theTorahevensaysexplicitlythattreyfmeatshouldbe “thrown to the dogs.” But Jewish law tells us that it is prohibited to own or derive any “benefit” from chametz during Passover; this includes feeding chametz to pets. The same line of thought applies to mixing milk and meat: Even though pets do not have to keep kosher, their food must either be milchik or fleischik, because humans cannot derive any benefit from the mixing of
both, according to Chabad. So the relevant question therefore becomes not what the pet can or cannot eat, but what is permissible for the human to feed their furry or feathered friend. Luckily, as with most questions about Jewish law, we’re not the first to have wondered this. Various sources have weighed in, and according to my friend Rabbi Woof:
“Since it is forbidden to own or benefit from chametz during Passover, food that contains chametz may not be fed to pets. However, it is permitted to give pets food that contains kitniyot. If one is unable to procure pet food that does not contain chametz, some rabbinical authorities allow for a sale, which would transfer to a gentile the ownership and responsibility of caring for the pet. Ask your Rabbi for guidance.”
It may be hard to find kosher-for-Passover (i.e. grain-free) pet food, so I asked a higher authority. According to a Petco representative with whom I had an enlightening online chat this week the store carries both grain and non-grain pet food. Unfortunately, my interlocutor couldn’t give me the names of any specific kosher-for-Passover pet foods, so you may have to follow up in person. There is at least one brand available nationally that is specifically Passover-friendly: Evanger’s, which is owned and run by a Jewish family, as you know from reading last year’s Haggadah!
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