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One possible reason, but I have no source for it being a requirement in any way, is that we have two different categories of Maror. One is things like horseradish - immediately and unequivocally bi...
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manassehkatz
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2023-06-15T23:35:13Z (over 1 year ago)
One possible reason, but I have no source for it being a requirement in any way, is that we have two different categories of Maror. One is things like horseradish - immediately and unequivocally bitter. The other is things like romaine lettuce - bitter after a while but not obviously bitter. This reflects two aspects of the experience of the Jews in Egypt. There are certain actions, such as the command to kill all the newborn boys, that are clearly horrible. But many aspects of slavery came on gradually, and the effects on the nation (as opposed to the individual hard labor) were not immediately obvious, even though by the time of the Exodus the slavery was extreme.