Commentary for Pesachim 228:8

מאי שני תבשילין אמר רב הונא סילקא וארוזא רבא הוה מיהדר אסילקא וארוזא הואיל ונפיק מפומיה דרב הונא

For it was taught, R'Jose said: Though he has [already] dipped the lettuce [hazereth], it is a religious requirement to bring lettuce and haroseth and two dishes before him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And Resh Lakish maintains that R. Jose's reason is because precepts require intention.');">¹¹</span> Yet still, whence [does this food]: perhaps R'Jose holds [that] precepts do not require intention and the reason that we require two dippings is that there may be a distinction [shown] for the children? - If so, what is the 'religious requirement? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' mizwah implies that it is an essential obligation.');">¹²</span>

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