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A SPECIAL MEAL
RACHTZAH, MOTZI, MATZAH
מצּ ָה
ַ ˛חצ ָה˛ מוֹצ ִיא
ְ ָר
Second Hand-Washing and Blessings for Matzah
It is time to taste matzah for the first time this evening! Before we eat
it, we wash our hands (rach-TZAH), this time to get ready for eating
our main meal. It is a tradition to say the blessing over washing our hands
right before we say the Motzi (MOE-tzee), the blessing for eating
bread — and then, right away, the special blessing just for the first bite of
matzah at the seder.
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