Who Knows Fourteen?

ארבעה עשר מי יודע?

I know fourteen.

fourteen are the simanimof the Seder.

The Wha?!

The simanim סימנים:The easy-to-remember names given to each step of the Seder.

You see, seder means order;and the seder night is all about

doing things in order.

And this is how it goes:

קדש

(1) KADDESH - reciting the kiddush

ורחץ

(2) U'RCHATZ - washing your hands (first time)

(3) KARPAS - dipping the vegetable in salt water

כרפס

יחץ

(4) YACHATZ - breaking the matzah in two

מגיד

(5) MAGGID - reading the haggadah

רחצה

(6) RACHTZA - washing your hands (second time)

(7) MOTZEE MATZAH - eating the matzah

מוציא מצה

מרור

(8) MAROR - eating the bitter herb

כורך

(9) KORECH - the matzah & bitter herb sandwich

שולחן עורך

(10) SHULCHAN ORECH - the meal

צפון

(11) TZAFOON - eating the afikoman

ברך

(12) BARECH - the grace after meal

הלל

(13) HALLEL - singing the praise

נרצה

(14) NIRTZAH - wrap-up sing-along

HAPPY PASSOVER!

Based on the 'סימניהסדר Haggadah bookmark' by Dov Abramson.

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