FR Seder
When did the Previous Rebbe come to America?
1940 - ת"ש
What did the Rebbe have under his Kaira & Matzah?
A 8 sided silver tray
What did the Rebbe use to hold his matzos and simanim?
A big cloth and folded napkins
Who poured the Rebbe's wine?
The Rebbe
What did the Rebbe wait for, before going to Dayeinu?
For the bochurim who were emptying the spilled wine in the kitchen to return
How did the Rebbe eat his Matzah?
The Rebbe would break his matzah into smaller pieces, and lean on his chair and eat all of the Matzahs, and then pick up all the crumbs
How did the Rebbe peel and eat the Egg?
The Rebbe would roll it, and then separate the shell into 2 parts, dip the flat part into salt, and eat it from the flat side, in 3 bites
Where did the Rebbe sit at the Previous Rebbe's table?
To the Left of the Rebbe
What did the Rebbe use to lean with at the seder?
A separate chair, turned to face him, with 2 pillows
What goes first, the matzah or the simanim on the kaiyra
Matzah
How did the Rebbe lean for when he drank his wine?
The Rebbe would hold his cup and plate, settle comfortably on 2 Pillows, and drink the entire cup
What did the Rebbe use to pour the wine into?
A cracked china dish, that was placed on the floor
What did the Rebbe do before eating the Egg?
The Rebbe would pour some salt on the cloth, rub a piece of matzah in the salt 3 times, and eat it.
Did the Rebbe speak during the meal?
Not really, unless someone asked a question
How many sedorim did the Rebbe make in the Previous Rebbe's Apartment?
58 (29 years)
What kind of wine did the Rebbe use?
Homemade, Non Mevushal Wine
How did the Rebbe take the maror for his kaiyra?
The Rebbe balled up the maror, roll it into a ball and squeeze out all water
How did the Rebbe do Karpas?
The Rebbe would cut the onion in half, and carve out a small piece of onion, add salt, and then dip it
What seder song did the Rebbe teach on Pesach?
והיא שעמדה
How did the Rebbe do Maror and Charoses?
The Rebbe would cut his charoses in half, and dip it in the wine that that was still in his cup plate, then dip the maror 3 times into the charoses
What was special about the Rebbe's Soup?
The Rebbe used the Alter Rebbe's Bowl
When did the Rebbe come to America?
Chof Ches Sivan 1941, תש"א
How did the Rebbe hide his wine bottle?
With an envelope or brown paper bag
No
How did the Rebbe do Yachatz?
The Rebbe would break the matzah inside the napkins, and then break it in 5 pieces over his pillows, and hide it between the two pillows
What did the Rebbe do during the part of maggid about Korbon Pesach?
Look at the Zroa
Did the Rebbe dip the Maror in Charoses or Charoses in Maror?
Both
What did the Rebbe use for Kos Shel Eliyahu?
A plain glass cup
When did the Rebbe stop doing his seder in the Previous Rebbe's apartment?
After Rebbetzin Nechama Dina passed away, תשלַא, 1971.
How many Hagaddos did the Rebbe bring to the seder?
2, the one that the Rebbe wrote before he became Rebbe, and the Hagadah al pi Kabalah
How did the Rebbe put the Maror and Chazres?
2 Green pieces of Lettuce, bottoms cracked off
Ball of Maror squeezed out
Sandwich the ball between lettuce pieces
Who read the Hagaddah out loud at the Rebbe's Seder?
R' Yankel Katz
What did the Rebbe do during the reading about Maror?
The Rebbe would put his holy hands on the maror and chazeres
What did the Rebbe do special for the Korech Sandwich?
Try for every bite to have all of the Korach ingredients
How did the Rebbe's demeanor change at Shfoch Chamoscha?
The Rebbe became very serious, and sang the rest of the hagaddah in a tune from the Alter Rebbe