Karpas before the meal
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Question
Why, on the night of the Seder, is washing the hands before dipping the karpas considered a change from the usual order of the meal, when in the Shulchan Aruch (siman 158) it is ruled that one is obligated to wash the hands before eating something that is dipped in a liquid?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
The change is not the washing itself, but the eating of the karpas (a vegetable) before the meal.
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