Urchatz - Dip Hands

Haggadah Section: Urchatz

The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin any festive meal. Then we wash, but without a blessing, and break bread without eating it.

What’s going on here?

It seems that the beginning of the seder is kind of a false start. We act as if we are going to begin the meal but then we realize that we can’t – we can’t really eat this meal until we understand it, until we tell the story of the exodus from Egypt. So we interrupt our meal preparations with maggid (telling the story). Only once we have told the story do we make kiddush again, wash our hands again (this time with a blessing) and break bread and eat it! In order to savor this meal, in order to appreciate the sweet taste of Passover, we must first understand it.

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  • On Account of the Righteous Women
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  • TOGETHER
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  • Urchatz
  • Dear 1%...
  • Revenge of Dinah: Urchatz
    • Karpas
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    • Yachatz
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  • Hannah Szenes Quote
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  • Women of the Wall
  • Miriam's Cup Ritual for the Family Seder
    • -- Four Questions
  • A Feminist Seder Ma Nishtana
  • Alternative Four Questions
    • -- Four Children
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  • Revenge of Dinah: Four Children
    • -- Exodus Story
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    • -- Ten Plagues
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    • Rachtzah
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  • Infertility and Apples
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  • Mixing the Bitter and the Sweet
  • Apples
    • Tzafun
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    • Bareich
  • The Third Cup - I will redeem you
  • Where Did All the Women Go?
    • Hallel
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  • Adrienne Rich on Freedom
  • Poem Of Miriam
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