Chapter 3. Additional Laws of the Seder Night

Preparing the Egg
91. The egg is boiled and then roasted over the fire [1] .

Preparing the Charoset
92. Charoset is prepared from tart apples, dates, walnuts, almonds, and made into a thick mixture in memory of the mortar. Red wine is added to it, in memory of the blood. Spices are also added — cinnamon and ginger — because they resemble straw  [2] .

Eating Roasted Food
93. Eating roasted meat is forbidden on the Seder night, but fish, an egg, and other roasted foods are permitted  [3] .

Meat That Was Cooked and Roasted
94. Regarding meat that was cooked and roasted, we follow the final action: if the meat was ultimately roasted, it is forbidden to eat it; and if in the end it was cooked — after the roasting — it is permitted  [4] .

The Bedtime Shema
95. The custom is to recite the Shema as one does every day, but the other additional passages are not recited; one says only “Into Your hand I entrust my spirit, etc.” and the blessing of Hamapil  [5] .

[1] Shulchan Aruch and Rema (siman 473, se’if 4) and Mishnah Berurah (se’if katan 31).
[2]  Shulchan Aruch (there, se’if 5) and Mishnah Berurah (se’if katan 50).
[3]  Shulchan Aruch (siman 476) and Mishnah Berurah (se’if katan 9).
[4]  Mishnah Berurah (there, se’if katan 1).
[5]  Shulchan Aruch (siman 481, se’if 2).