Chapter 119 – Laws of Chapter 118 Continued
119.1) Eat the matzah (unleavened bread) and say kiddush at night on Pesach.
119.2) Have cups filled by a servant or a household person.
119.3) The person conducting the ceremony should wash his hands without saying the benediction, dry them, and cut the karpas and serve it.
119.4) Cups are refilled and a child asks, Mash nishtanah (wherefore is this night different). Details of the answer are found in the source.
119.5) Wash your hands and continue the service per the instructions in the source.
119.6) If you are unable to masticate the matzah, you may soak it in water to soften it.
119.7) The bitter herbs are distributed and the benediction pronounced.
119.8) The feast begins. The feast protocol is listed in the source.
119.9) After Grace, fill cups for the fourth time and open the door to signify that the night’s vigil is over and there is nothing to fear.
119.10) People who abstain from wine all year should make an effort to drink the four cups.
119.11) If the afikoman is lost, eat some of the mandatory matzah or a quantity of matzah the size of an olive.
119.12) If you forget to eat the afikoman, eat it once you remember and repeat the benediction.