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Who are the ד׳ בנים?
1) חכם
2) רשע
3) תם
4) שאינו יודע לשאול
How many steps are there in the Seder?
15
What are all ten makkos?
1) דם 2) צפרדע 3) כינים 4) ערוב 5) דבר
6) שחין 7) ברד 8) ארבה 9) חשך 10) מכות בכורות
Why is Red wine most preferable for the Seder?
It reminds us of the blood that Pharaoh slaughtered Jewish children
Name three things hinted to in the charoses?
1) the mortar (texture)
2) yidden compared to fruit (dates, walnuts, pomegranate)
3) the straw used for brick (cinnamon sticks)
4) where the yidden had babies (under the apple trees)
5) Hashem longed to redeem us (almonds/sheked)
6) blood (wine)
Why do we use the nicest things on pesach?
To show that we are Bnei Chorin (free)
What are the 4 questions?
1) מצה
2) מרור
3) מטבילין שתי פעמים
4) כלנו מסבים
What Mitzvah does a father have to his children at the Seder?
והגדת לבנך
What are the simanim that R’ Yehuda gave the makkos?
(R’ Yehuda also holds that these simanim were written on Moshe’s staff)
דצ״ך עד״ש באח״ב
Why do we dip in salt water?
To remind us of the tears of the yidden in Mitzrayim
What does the zroah represent?
The Korban pesach
Why do we lean on pesach?
To show that we are free
What are the ד׳ לשונות של גאולה? Aka the ד׳ כוסות
1) והוצאתי
2) והצלתי
3) וגאלתי
4) ולקחתי
Rabban Gamliel said that a person has to say these 3 things on Pesach to fulfill his obligation?
1) pesach
2) matzah
3) maror
Which 3 makkos did Aharon do? Why?
דם, צפרדע, כינים
Because Moshe showed Hakaros Hatov to the water and Sand for saving him when he was younger and therefore didn’t want to hit the water or sand that once benefited him.
Why do we eat Maror?
To remind us how pharaoh made the lives of the yidden bitter in mitzrayim.
What does the egg represent?
The Korban chagiga
Hashem does so much for us. What do we need to have?
Hakaros Hatov!
What are the 4 Mitzvos of the Seder?
1) ד׳ כוסות
2) סיפור יציאת מצרים
3) מצה
4) מרור
Which of these are really 2 things:
מוציא מצה or שולחן עורך
1) מוציא
2) מצה
Which 4 מכות did Moshe Rabeinu do?
1) שחין
2) ברד
3) ארבה
4) חשך
Why do we lean?
To show that we are free (Bnei chorin)
Why do we use a leg, wing, shank bone for the zroah?
To show that Hashem took us out with an outstretched arm.
What does Yetzias Mitzrayim teach us?
How much we have to Believe and trust his involvement in everything in Hashem (Emunah/Bitachon/hashgacha)
What is ארבע מי יודע?
The אמהות
שרה, רבקה, רחל, לאהWhich of these mitzvos are a דאורייתא and which are a דרבנן:
ד׳ כוסות
סיפור יציאת מצרים
מצה
מרור
ד׳ כוסות - דרבנן
סיפור יציאת מצרים - דאורייתא
מצה - דאורייתא
מרור - דרבנן בזמן הזה , דאורייתא בזמן הבית המקדש
Which makkos did Hashem do himself?
ערוב, דבר, מכות בכורות
Why is the charoses thick?
To remind us of the clay/cement the Egyptians made us use while enslaved in Egypt.
Why do we use an egg?
1) to remind us of the churban (Tisha B’Av falls out on the same day of the week as the first Seder)
2) An egg in Aramaic is called a Beiah.
דבעי רחמנא למפרק יתנא בדרעא מרממא
Hashem wanted to redeem us with a raised arm
Receiving the Torah tells us what about being a yid?
How lucky we are to be an Eved Hashem