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ְו ֵאלוּ ֵהן, ל ֹא ָי ָצא ְי ֵדי חוֹ ָבתוֹ, ָכּל ֶשׁלּ ֹא ָא ַמר ְשׁל ָשׁה ְדּ ָב ִרים ֵאלּוּ ַבּ ֶפּ ַסח:ַר ָבּן ַגּ ְמ ִלי ֵאל ָה ָיה אוֹ ֵמר
וּ ָמרוֹר, ַמ ָצה,ֶפּ ַסח
Rabban Gamliel would teach that all those who had not spoken of three things on Passover had
not fulfilled their obligation to tell the story, and these three things are:
Pesach, Matza, and Marror
Point to the shank bone
ַﬠל שׁוּם ָמה? ַﬠל שׁוּם ֶשׁ ֶָפּ ַסח ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ ָבּרוּ הוּא ַﬠל,ֶפּ ַסח ֶשׁ ָהיוּ ֲאבוֹ ֵתינוּ אוֹ ְכ ִלים ִבּ ְז ַמן ֶשׁ ֵבּית ַה ִמּ ְק ָדּשׁ ָה ָיה ַק ָים
ֲא ֶשׁר ֶָפּ ַסח ַﬠל ָבּ ֵתּי ְבּני ִי ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ְבּ ִמ ְצ ַרים ְבּ ָנ ְגפּוֹ,' ַו ֲא ַמ ְר ֶתּם ֶז ַבח ֶפּ ַסח הוּא ַלה: ֶשׁ ֶנּ ֱא ַמר, ָבּ ֵתּי ֲאבוֹ ֵתינוּ ְבּ ִמ ְצ ַרים
ְו ֶאת ָבּ ֵתּינוּ ִה ִצּיל? ַו ִיּ ֹקּד ָה ָﬠם ַו ִיּ ְשּׁ ַתּחווּ, ֶאת ִמ ְצ ַרים
The Pesach which our ancestors ate when the Second Temple stood: what is the reason for it?
They ate the Pesach because the holy one, Blessed be He “passed over” the houses of our
ancestors in Egypt, as it is written in the Torah: “And You shall say, ‘It is the Passover offering
for G-d, who passed over the houses of the Israelites saving us in Mitzrayim but struck the
houses of the Egyptians.
Point to the Matza
ַﬠל שׁוּם מה? ַﬠל שׁוּם ֶשׁל ֹא ִה ְס ִפּיק ְבּ ֵצ ָקם ֶשׁל ֲאבוֹ ֵתינוּ ְל ַה ֲח ִמיץ ַﬠד ֶשׁ ִנּ ְג ָלה ֲﬠ ֵלי ֶהם ֶמ ֶל,ַמ ָצּה זו שאנו אוֹ ְכ ִלים
ִכּי ל ֹא, ַויּ ֹאפוּ ֶאת ַה ָבּ ֵצק ֲא ֶשׁר הוֹ ִציאוּ ִמ ִמ ְצ ַרים ֻﬠ ֹגת ַמצּוֹת: ֶשׁ ֶנּ ֱא ַמר, וּ ְג ָא ָלם, ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ ָבּרוּ הוּא,ַמ ְל ֵכי ַה ְמּ ָל ִכים
ְו ַגּם ֵצ ָדה ל ֹא ָﬠשׂו ָל ֶהם, ִכּי ֹג ְרשׁוּ ִמ ִמּ ְצ ַרים ְול ֹא ָי ְכלוּ ְל ִה ְת ַמ ְה ֵמ ַהּ,ָח ֵמץ
Matzah - what does it symbolize in the Seder? There was insufficient time for the dough of our
ancestors to rise when the Holy one, Blessed be He was revealed to us and redeemed us, as it
is written in the Torah: “And they baked the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt into
Matzah – cakes of unleavened bread – which had not risen, for having been driven out of Egypt
they could not tarry, and they had made no provisions for themselves.”
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