We now do the second dipping. The first dipping was the Karpas (parsley) in salt water. Now we dip a piece of bitter herb (horseradish or lettuce) into the charoset. Mixing the bitterness of slavery with the sweetness of hope and freedom. We do not lean while eating the bitter herbs. We are remembering the bitterness of slavery, not the joy of freedom.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל אֲכִילַת מָרוֹר.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al achilat maror.

Praised are you, Adonai, Lord our God, whose presence fills the universe, who has taught us the way of holiness through commandments, commanding us to eat the bitter herb.


haggadah Section: Maror