Pesach: Women's Seder Chiyuvim and Lefikach Through Maror

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What must a woman say at the Seder, and why is she obligated at all? The bare minimum given is Rabban Gamliel's paragraph to its end, with an effort for the first two kapitlach of Hillel and the bracha of asher ge'alanu. From Lefikach on, the Hillel and its bracha are our own thanks for our own redemption. The order of the brachos on the three matzos, and the shiurim of matzah and maror, follow.

Key points

• One of the Rishonim ties women's obligation in sippur yetzias Mitzrayim to their obligation in matzah.
• The Gemara includes in eating matzah everyone included in the issur of eating chametz.
• Rav Hai Gaon, brought by the Rif, says the Hillel at the Seder is not a regular Hillel.
• B'tzeis Yisrael is the only kapitel set as question and answer, like sippur yetzias Mitzrayim.
• The guide read from puts a kezayis at about 40 percent of a medium matzah.

In this shiur

1. 0:00A woman's minimum at the Seder
2. 5:32Lefikach and feeling the Geula
3. 9:52Rav Hai Gaon on the Seder's Hillel
4. 12:20The first two kapitlach of Hillel
5. 15:55The bracha of asher ge'alanu
6. 22:23Matzah and maror with simcha
7. 25:09Rochtza and the three matzos
8. 29:00How much matzah and maror

Topics

• Pesach
• Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim
• Hillel
• Matzah