Leader: The great Rabbi Hillel told us to make a sandwich from the maror, the charoses, and the matzah, to remind us of the mortar our ancestors used to construct monuments for the Pharoah. The charoses reminds us of the mortar, but it is also sweet. It gives us hope even while it reminds us that our liberation is not complete. We therefore replicate this sandwich and say the following bracha.

זֵכֶר לְמִקְדָּשׁ כְּהִלֵּל. כֵּן עָשָׂה הִלֵּל בִּזְמַן שבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָיָה קַיָים: הָיָה

כּוֹרֵךְ מַצָּה וּמָרוֹר וְאוֹכֵל בְּיַחַד, לְקַיֵים מַה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: עַל מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים

יֹאכְלֻהוּ.

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

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


haggadah Section: Maror