[Avodah] Eat Karpas - Leaning?

Danny Schoemann doniels at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 22:51:30 PDT 2008


> Our Minhag has always been not to 'lean to the left' when eating Karpas.
> But learning KSA (119:3)this morning, I see that it rules that one
> should do so.
>
> The MB doesn't mention it and I have yet to find any tana demesaye.
>
> Can anyone add some light?

The Sefer Sha'arei Yemei HePessach (on pg 146) says:
- it's a machlokes of minhogim
- the Birkey Yosef (473:14) says that per Kabala one shouldn't.
- the popular minhag is not to lean
- somebody w/o a minhag should not lean.

- Danny



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