The great sage Hillel did not eat the bitter herbs separately. Nor did he eat the matzah alone. Hillel lived at the time of the Holy Temple, when eating the Passover sacrifice was a part of the Passover obligations. Instead of eating the three foods separately, he would make a sandwich combining the three, and eat it while reclining. To commemorate Hillel's Sandwich, Jews do the same today, eating the Hillel sandwich (minus the meat) while reclining.

It is important to note that Hillel lived in the 1st century, more than 1500 hundred years before the so-called 'Earl of Sandwich' invented whatever he invented.


haggadah Section: Koreich