Editing The Rebbe's Haggadah (section)

==== Laws and Customs ====
Even in the laws and customs of the Seder night, 'the compiler' presents the primary sources for each topic, incorporating reasoning and explanations. Incidentally, from a quantitative perspective, the main work in this Haggadah is actually in this practical section.

This section has many aspects. At times the Rebbe summarizes and distills all the approaches and reasons for a certain law. This section is especially filled with scholarly notes that require deep study. Sometimes he deals with establishing the evolution of customs - for example: the shankbone and egg on the Seder plate. 'The compiler' concludes that this was already practiced during Temple times and rejects the idea that the custom of taking an egg is "because we commemorate the mourning for the destruction of the Temple." For it is "proven in the Mishnah and Jerusalem Talmud" that this was already practiced in Temple times. Sometimes he even includes scholarly reasoning for the nature of the Seder laws.