[Avodah] Pesach minhag

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 04/11/2016 07:21 PM, saul newman via Avodah wrote:
> I learned recently that some in chabad have a minhag not to eat
> ka'arah foods at the seder after ritual use.  Eg.  No romaine salad,
> no chrain on fish

Not *after* the seder, but *before*, i.e. on Erev Pesach and the first
day.  Of course it's impossible to avoid matzah and wine on the first
day, but there is at least some idea of minimising their consumption,
so they can be "lete'avon" at the second seder.

Of course one may ask why maror should be "lete'avon", since that seems
to contradict its purpose, and why charoses or its ingredients should be
"lete'avon", since one is davka supposed *not* to taste them on the maror.

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