Urchatz means “wash,” as in “it may be a good idea to wash your hands because you’re about to touch food and we don’t want anyone to get sick, now do we?” You don’t have to do this in any special ritualistic way, but do take a moment, even if you don’t care to schlep to the sink and wash your hands, to think about the special meal you’re about to enjoy and the people you’re fortunate to celebrate it with.
Water is refreshing, cleansing, and clear, so it’s easy to understand why so many cultures and religions use water for symbolic purification. We will wash our hands twice during our seder: now, with no blessing, to get us ready for the rituals to come; and then again later, we’ll wash again with a blessing, preparing us for the meal, which Judaism thinks of as a ritual in itself (the Jewish obsession with food is older than you thought!)
Urchatz means “wash,” as in “it may be a good idea to wash your hands because you’re about to touch food and we don’t want anyone to get sick, now do we?” You don’t have to do this in any special ritualistic way, but do take a moment, even if you don’t care to schlep to the sink and wash your hands, to think about the special meal you’re about to enjoy and the people you’re fortunate to celebrate it with.
Water is refreshing, cleansing, and clear, so it’s easy to understand why so many cultures and religions use water for symbolic purification. We will wash our hands twice during our seder: now, with no blessing, to get us ready for the rituals to come; and then again later, we’ll wash again with a blessing, preparing us for the meal, which Judaism thinks of as a ritual in itself (the Jewish obsession with food is older than you thought!)
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