Torah laws according to Sefer Hakhinukh (all in Exodus 12 or 13):
Mitzvot (precepts) currently applying on Seder Night:
Reclining; dipping and eating karpas; washing hands; breaking the matza and hiding part for the afikoman; a fixed version for the narration; a special blessing for eating the matza; dipping the maror into the haroset and eating it, with a special blessing; egg with salt; eating the afikoman; singing songs and reciting poems of praise and thanks.
Each of the mitzvot of the Seder has two aspects:
(a) A reminder of the slavery; (b) A reminder of the liberation.
- Kiddush (as on every Sabbath and festival).
- Drinking four cups of wine (Rabbinic law).
- Eating maror (Rabbinic law).
- Eating matza (Torah law).
- Reading the story of the Exodus (Torah law).
The rabbis also established additional obligations, as follows (placed here in the order in which they are done):
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