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Showing posts with label Hagada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hagada. Show all posts
Sunday, March 24, 2013

The Message of the Ten Plagues

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The Sefas Emes , R' Yehuda Aryeh Leib of Gur, d.1905, taught in the name of his grandfather, the Chiddushei HaRim : כי עשר מכות נגד ...

“Anyone that speaks abundantly about the Exodus from Egypt is praiseworthy.”

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The Hagada tells us, “Anyone that speaks abundantly about Yetzias Mitzraim  (the Exodus from Egypt) is praiseworthy.” Rav Shlomo Kluger (d....

"This is the Bread of Poverty"

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In the introductory paragraph of the maggid  section of the Hagada,  “ הא לחמא עניא ”, we find an apparently unconnected sequence of statem...
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Why Four Cups of Wine?

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What is the unique significance of wine that we use it for the arba kosos  - the four cups of wine? Indeed, why do we use wine for kiddush ...

The Redemption from Egypt and the Future Redemption

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The Talmud ( שבת ל"א ) tells us that when a person passes away and comes before the Heavenly Court, one of the first questions he is a...
Friday, April 6, 2012

From the Lowliest of Beginnings...

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Why does the Hagada begin the narrative of יציאת מצרים (the Exodus from Egypt) with the shameful statement that “in the beginning our anc...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Tzav - The Korban Todah and Pesach: Giving Thanks to God for Salvation

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In Parshas Tzav we read about the korban todah , the thanksgiving offering. The commentaries (Rashi, Rashbam) explain that this offering ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

"Go and Learn" - The Hidden Miracles

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צא ולמד מה בקש לבן הארמי לעשות ליעקב אבינו. שפרעה לא גזר אלא על הזכרים, ולבן בקש לעקור את הכל "Go and learn what Laban the Aramean soug...