Related for Pesachim 77:14
אמר רבה בר רב הונא אמר רב ירקות שאמרו חכמים שאדם יוצא בהן ידי חובתו בפסח כולן נזרעין בערוגה אחת למימרא דלית בהו משום כלאים
Further, R'Samuel B'Nahman said in R'Jonathan's name: Why were the Egyptians compared to maror?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Ex. I, 14 where the Hebrew for embittered is from the same root as maror.');"><sup>20</sup></span> To teach you: just as this maror, the beginning of which is soft while its end is hard,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The top is soft, while the stalk hardens like wood.');"><sup>21</sup></span> so were the Egyptians: their beginning was soft [mild].
Tosefta Pesachim
Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira says, they fulfill [the obligation of eating bitter herbs] with lettuce (חזרת) and with mustard. Rabbi Yishmael bar Rabbi Yochanan ben Berokah says, one does not fulfull [the obligation] with anything that burns [the mouth]. Rabbi Yehuda says, anything that makes one pale [after eating it] fulfills [the obligation]. They may fulfill [the obligation] either with wet or dry [bitter herbs]. Rabbi Meir says, [the halacha should rather be formulated as] "they even fulfill [their obligation] with dry [bitter herbs]." Rabbi Tzadok says, [the halacha should rather be formulated as] "they even fulfill [their obligation] with pickled [bitter herbs]."
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