What is tzafun

The Afikomen memorializes Jesus' sacrifice of atonement for our sins so that we might have peace with God. When we eat of the broken matzah, we remember that He allowed His body to be broken as our sacrifice for sin, and we thank God for that He was willing to be the Lamb of God who came to bear the sins of the world. Barukh attah Adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-motzi lechem emet min ha-shamayim. Parsons All rights reserved. Tzafun -. Eating the Afikomen. The seder opens with kiddush the sanctification over wine.

This is certainly unremarkable after all, kiddush is the opening act of every shabbat and holiday meal. But kiddush — a ritual. How so? Urchatz Urhatz. They say that cleanliness is close to Godliness. We are all about preparation. It is well know that holiness is all in the details. The preparation on Friday is what imbues shabbat with its kedusha holiness.

Urhatz washing is our ,first step in the preparation for the seder. It is both a physical and a spiritual cleansing. We are in a sense, washing away the last spiritual crumbs of hametz in preparation Karpas Karpas. Karpas is the vegetable eaten as an appetizer before the telling of the story and before the meal. Early medieval commentaries Tosafot Pesahim a note the custom of dipping the karpas in either saltwater or vinegar. Interestingly, the Yachatz Yachatz. At this stage in the seder, the middle of the three matzot is broken and the larger half designated for the afikoman at the end of the meal.

In one of many attempts at the seder to keep children attentive and interested, young participants are encouraged to stealthily steal the afikoman. The source for this custom, which seems to be counter-educational, is a passage in the Talmud which says that we grab hotfim the matza to make sure that the children One of the main purposes of the seder is to recount the Exodus story to our children for generations[1].

For generations Perhaps no other portion of the haggadah can open up discussion like the section of the four children. There are many learned interpretations to go to that analyze this part of the haggadah. However while the seder should include learned divrei Torah words of Torah , it should primarily consist of questions. The Magid section models this for us, beginning with the four questions in Ma Nishtana and moving on to our section.

Note that three of the four children ask a But what are we now supposed to talk about? We already recounted the basic facts. While one accomplishes the eleventh part of the Seder Meal — Tzafun — one eats a special unleavened Afikoman. Against the prevailing opinion, it is not the Greek word that Afikoman bases on. The meaning of Afikoman is easily perceptible in its Hebrew inscription.

But where can you find this Hebrew term? The Mitzva to Eat Maror Korekh Those Exempt from Matza and Maror Meal Customs: Roasted Foods, Eggs Tzafun — the Afikoman Hallel , the Great Hallel , and the Concluding Berakha Drinking Coffee or Juice after the Seder Chapter Contents. Hallel, the Great Hallel, and the Concluding Berakha Order Now. Books list.