Updated:2024.04.21
The Orthodox tradition of 4 cups of wine & Cup of Eil•i•yãhꞋū dates back only to the 15ᵗʰ-century CE. (The 5ᵗʰ cup, of course, is even more recent). So, tonight, we drink 3 cups of wine commemorating the same 3 promises (depending on whether you break them up into 3, 4 or 5 parts) of יְהוָׂה {Existant} to Yi•sᵊr•ã•eilꞋ:
I will extricate you from corvée in Mi•tzᵊr•ayꞋim,
I will rescue you from their service,
I will redeem you with an Arm outspread and great mi•shᵊpãt•imꞋ, and I will take you for Me, for My am, and be your ël•ōh•imꞋ—so that you shall know that I, יְהוָׂה {Existant}, am your ël•ōh•imꞋ, Who is extricating you, from under the corvée of Mi•tzᵊr•ayꞋim to הָאָ֔רֶץ, as I raised My Hand to to give it to them, to Avᵊrã•hãmꞋ, to Yi•tzᵊkhãqꞋ and Ya•a•qōv. Thus have I given it to you for an inheritance—I am יְהוָׂה {Existant}.
The rabbis don't agree with each other about salting the מַצּ֖וֹת.
Some say "Dip" in מֵי-מֶלַח; explaining that it's different tonight. However, the Mi•shᵊn•ãhꞋ stipulates 4 traditional differences, and this isn't one of them! A fortiori, the Mi•shᵊn•ãhꞋ stipulates exactly 2 dippings, and this isn't either of them! Above all, Scripture demands that מַצּ֖וֹת be salted with the מֶ֚לַח בְּרִ֣ית—before a bᵊrãkh•ãhꞋ (of a physical, i.e. "earthly" qã•rᵊb•ãnꞋ; wa-Yi•qᵊr•ãꞋ 2.13)!
Others say "Dip" in kha•rōꞋsët (not salt), which directly contradicts both, Mi•shᵊn•ãhꞋ and Scripture—as well as the central theme that these have forever replaced the physicomorphic and animist (see eish) animal sacrifice (i.e. the PësꞋakh כֶּ֣בֶשׂ פֶּסַח)!
And the rest say eat the מַצּ֖וֹת without either—which also directly contradicts Scripture.
Eventual (not immediate) destination of the 3 מַצּ֖וֹת—i.e. Unleavened Barley לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי:
After the impending bᵊrãkh•ãhꞋ:
salt the stack of מַצּ֖וֹת and
recite the bᵊrãkh•ãhꞋ (but don't eat until the leader eats);
The Top 2 מַצּ֖וֹת will then be taken in hand, and the third מַצָּה (i.e. the remainder of the stack) returned to to its place.
Of this top 2 מַצּ֖וֹת, the 2ⁿᵈ מַצָּה is torn in half, and the larger half discreetly hidden in a previously chosen place as the צָפוּן for a child to find after the meal.
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The remaining 1½ מַצּ֖וֹת are distributed, then the leader eats, signaling the other participants to eat the מַצּ֖וֹת—i.e. לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי.
At the appropriate time, the 3ʳᵈ מַצָּה (i.e. bottom stack) is used by everyone to make their "כּוֹרֵךְ הִלֵּל" (Hi•lælꞋ Sandwich): the פֶּסַח Dinner.
After the פֶּסַח dinner, the children, ideally, are given a "treasure map" (being more fun for them) to cryptic clues leading to the צָפוּן (last half of the 2ⁿᵈ מַצָּה). This is a feature designed to maintain children's interest to the end of the SæꞋdër.
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As Yi•sᵊr•ã•eilꞋ anticipated salvation from Paroh, hope turned to the Mã•shiꞋakh. As a reaction to the Christian Era, CE rabbis displaced the theme of Yakhatz from corvée (not slavery) & Mashiakh to shadow of the pyramids (BCE 26th century, a full millennium before the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ) contrasted against freedom—which Yi•sᵊr•ã•eilꞋ didn't obtain until after the original PësꞋakh.
Mã•shiꞋakh Bën-Yō•seiphꞋ mortal avatar (Prophesied death: Dan. 9.26 (wks be-Reishit 29.27); Artaxerxes (BCE 465-453, 3/5 of reign: BCE458); 7*7is49 + 62*7is434 window18-30CE; fm BCE453 gives 30CE Nekhemyah 2.1-8) & Mã•shiꞋakh Bën-Dã•widꞋ (David Nasi (Prince) since the days of Hileil, Gamlieil & Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai); Yekhezqeil 44.1-4; 45.7-9; 46.4-18
http://jewish-history.com/Cresson/cresson05.html http://www.bibletrack.org/notes/resource/misc/David_Millennium.html
The "Hi•leilꞋ" — originated not in the Ottoman Empire, but in YᵊhūdꞋãh, by Hi•leilꞋ ha-Za•qeinꞋ, "the Babylonian". The شاورما (sha•warꞋmãh) spit-roasted meat sandwich didn't originate in the Ottoman Empire! (Photo is not a "PësꞋakh"/​​"Hi•leilꞋ"; it is a "Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ"/​​Arabic shawarma, on regular lëkhꞋëm, for illustration.) |
The use of flatbread to grasp and dip meat into hot spicy sauce (still popular today in the Middle East and India) and garnish it with salad greens goes back nearly to the discovery of bread itself, around 13,000 years ago. The first to be documented, before the Schawarma or Laffa—and 17 centuries before the Earl of Sandwich—was the כּוֹרֵךְ הִלֵּל!
That original PësꞋakh, Beit Yi•sᵊr•ã•eilꞋ, fearing for their lives when Par•ōhꞋ YakhꞋū-Mōses, would, at some unknown point, discover their ruse (sacrificing the PësꞋakh instead of their firstborn sons), threw together a quick sandwich to eat quickly. Then, using a sprig of hyssop, each household brushed blood of the PësꞋakh on their mëzūz•ōtꞋ and burned the evidence of their ruse, in a ruse-"sacrifice" fire, before "bugging out" in the "Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ" the next day.
It seems likely that they packed PësꞋakh sandwiches to eat the next day as they walked, fleeing for their lives. (There were no cars, trains or planes. They couldn't even pull wagons through the marshy "Sea of Reeds" between them and the Sin•aiꞋ). Thus, the PësꞋakh was the world's first fast-food take-out "for those on the run"!
Accordingly, today's commemorative PësꞋakh SæꞋdër permits no cooked side dishes nor dessert. Grilled כֶּ֣בֶשׂ wrapped in the bottom מַצָּה, garnished with Mã•rōrꞋ & other kã•sheirꞋ condiments (see below), as desired, and accompanied by red wine or grape juice as desired.
Using The Previously Distributed מַצָּה (along with other מַצָּה as needed), make a "כּוֹרֵךְ הִלֵּל" (Hi•lælꞋ Sandwich):
Even though we've already recited הַמּוֹצִיא and מַצָּה, and the Qi•dūshꞋ, nevertheless, we recite the special בִּרְכַּת מָרוֹר, then we eat our כּוֹרֵךְ הִלֵּל (more than 1 if you're still hungry and there's remaining matz•ãhꞋ and sëh; but remember: any left-over sëh must be burned before morning)—This is the פֶּסַח Meal
Pay it forward (Quote & Cite):
Yirmeyahu Ben-David. Schema (Seider). (2024.04.21). Netzarim Jews Worldwide (Ra'anana, Israel). https://www.netzarim.co.il. (Accessed: MM DD, YYYY). |