Pesachim 115: Hillel's Sandwich

Talking Talmud - Een podcast door Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon

Figuring out the practices of the seder - Hillel's combination of matzah, maror, and Korban Pesach. Matzah and maror together ends up being a d'Orayta and d'Rabbanan mix, at least in our day, when it's not all a Torah level issue. Even though mitzvot should not be cancelling each other. Or maybe they're eaten consecutively, not together? This, Hillel's model becomes an ideal, but not the only way - as a memorial to the Temple. Also, what if you eating matzah and/or maror by swallowing, and without tasting it? Can you fulfill your obligations that'll way? Or under what circumstances? Also, "removing the table" - what is this and why? The question is how to fulfill the mitzvot, as compared to going through the motions. Including a whole slew of questions for those who need to fulfill mitzvot when they are not neurotypical....

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