Barech

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1. Before Birkhat HaMazon, one should fill the third cup of wine, and say Birkhat HaMazon over it. After Birkhat HaMazon, one should recite ha-gefen and drink while leaning.¹
2. One should recite Birkhat HaMazon while holding the cup of wine.²
3. One shouldn’t recline during Birkat HaMazon rather one should sit up and say it with concentration.³
4. In Birkat HaMazon, one should make sure to say Yaaleh VeYavo mentioning Pesach and if one forgets one has to repeat Birkat HaMazon.⁴
5. The fourth cup is filled after Birkhat HaMazon.⁵

References

¹: Shulchan Aruch 479:1

²: Chazon Ovadia, Haggadah Shel Pesach, p. 99; presumably, this is based on the Shulchan Arukh (183:4) which states that when making Birkhat HaMazon over a cup of wine one should raise the cup a tefach.

³: Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 409)

⁴: Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 410)

⁵: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 119:9