[Avodah] Using Horseradish for Maror

[mgluck at gmail.com]

R' YL:
Fact: Among Ashkenazim, horseradish is widely used for maror. While
horseradish often appears as the translation for tamcha, one of the
vegetables listed in the Mishnah that may be used for maror, the translation
is probably inaccurate.1 Although horseradish is now considered acceptable
for use at the Seder, according to many posekim, lettuce and endives are
preferable.
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Not to disagree with R' YL, but there could be another reason to prefer
horseradish - they're generally bug free, unlike lettuce/endives. Indeed,
when I went to the link that R' YL included, R' AZ does mention that, almost
as an afterthought, all the way at the end of the article.

 

KT,

MYG

 

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