Hagadah Flashcards

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'’Ha lachmeanyah’’
matza -why do we eat
ask anyone -b/c they ate
reason given -shelo hispik batzekam lehachmitz
Why is the fact we left in a hurry so significant ?

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Jews never go w/o food
probably they prepared after h’ told moshe they’ll leave then the makos and somewhere along the line the jews gave up .
H’s lesson for eternity
1)’‘yeshuos h’ keheref ayin’’ -just when we think its over
ym is the paradigm for all future galuyos
it happens in an instant

(Sorno on mikeitz ) ‘‘vayirtzuhu min habor vayegaleich ‘’
rushed out -that is how h’ works

This is the 1st lesson taught

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Whats the difference between the wicked and wise son's 
wise -ma heitzos vehachukim
wicked-ma haavoda hazos lachem 
tam -ma zos 
In Torah (dvarim6;20) Shmos13;14)
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shemen hatov
all 3 sons the word machar is used “‘ki yishalcha bincha machar lemor ‘’ -besides the rasha

all have questions
rasha no machar -either I understand now or I’m not doing

Har sinai -naase venishma

Kotzker 1st ain kelkeinu then mi kelokeinu (1st accept tehn ask )

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R’Gamliel whomever doesn’t fulfill 3 things Pesach matza marror -hasen’t fulfilled
wouldn’t be more correct order -marror ,pesach ,matza
servitude 1st ?

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Sfas Emes
while in the maror they couldn’t understand the good only in retrospect could they see it was for the good
‘‘veraisi maichorai ufanav lo yirauh ‘’
H’ interaction with us in this world is hidden we only see sometimes the retrospect
our job is to understand and have faith he has a plan
R’brody -never ask bus or plane driver - where is your license? ,do you know the directions ?
leave that up to him ,trust !

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R’ elazar ben azarya
‘‘Harei ani kven shivim ..’’
How come he got recognition and became rosh yeshiva over night physical appearence changed
but he couldn’t find a proof zechiras Yetzias mitzrayim should be said at night ?

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R’ Levenstein
Only way to become proficient with torah is via ameilus no shortcuts he got other miracles but torah “‘eina yerusha lach’’

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comparison Pesach night and Yom kippur ?

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nesivos shalom
2 evenings a year we wear a kittel
2 proccess start with kol
white represents new slate- we become new individuals
yom kippur needs isarusa delitata -10 days- fasting
pesach h’ comes to us
kol -gematria we were on 49th level -kol we were redeemed
tonight we bria chadasha -all up to us

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Plan for the night

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R’sender
if want to get the most out of a vacation -need an itinerary
not phone on the morning
a planned trip

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7
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Karpas

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Halekach vehalibuv(r’schorr)

zohar-mitzrayim was dibur begalus
no torah yet so dibur

Kuzari -4 levels of being Domem,tzomeiach,chai ,medaber
R’schor-bnei yisrael in mitzrayim couldn’t be medabrim same as an animal

could only eat domem and tzomeiach
thats vegetables in salt water
This is where we started

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Yachatz

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break matzos
Rambam /Ritva begining of seder before maggid
create lechem oni - onim alav devarim harbe

Netziv(meishiv davar) -Bread is shalem if walk in a 2 seperate pieces but if broke infront of you its a chisaron in shleimus
since broke so long ago its considered shalem

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9
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magid-we say leshana haba deara beyisrael only 2 times a year
What are we expressing ?

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(malbim)(asapra kevodcha)

Mashal -son rebelling throws him out -how do I know he’s truthful ? sends him all he needs and he still wants to come back -he loves me

H’ threw us out of E”Y gives us stuff in galus _kosel
Lets see if he still calls must be he doesn’t love me
Left mitzrayim -start off h’ gave us so much but we not satisfied we want to come home !

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avadin hayinu
Whole story of shemos paro’s name is not mentioned
how come ?

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paro is a name of position (like avimelech)
phsycologists say all excuses for why he was bad ,abused bad upbringing
no excuses for being paro

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R’elazar ben azarya
Zechira vs Sippur
everyday vs tonight

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R’Asher Weiss-Speed dial once a year fill in all the buttons so the rest of the year its speed dial
If do sippur properly it lasts all year

Why did the rambam leave zichiras YM out of his count ? 
Ohr Somayach 
its Rambam leshitaso 
Whats the mitzva of Shma 
ramban-1st paragraph
rashi-1st 
tos-2 
Rambam -all 3 
So its part of K'sh
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12
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why in the torah is
pesach called chag hamatzos
and we call it pesach?

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A)  r'levi yitzchak
pesach -is h' passing over and saving us
matzos -al shem we left quickly
h' wants to praise us we praise him
(brachos 6)
in our teffilin we praise him in his he praises us
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13
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Q) what was unique about korban pesach in the world of korbanos

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A)meshech chochma(behaloscha)
rambam-1st korban in hilchos korbanos
1)root of all korbanos
chiyuv only in e'y
2)its a reflection of hashgacha (groups all =avadim serving h')
3)anti a'z
why only 2 through out the midbar (2-40)?
(2-40) after agel and peor
rashi(shemos)
hava amina every ger bring a kp
why ?
to counter a'z he's turning his back on a'z
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14
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Q)what is the symbolism of the many halachos of korban pesach ?

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)chizkuni(bo)-every halacha was an insult to the egyptians
korban is there god
roast -so they could smell it
it was done late afternoon -come home from work

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15
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we call it the seder but its all miracles anything but seder ?

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Chidushei harim -by h’ is all seder
Ram(peirush hamishnayos pirkei avos)all nisim pre programmed
emphasize to us when it comes to h’ its all seder

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16
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'’ha lach meanya’’

describe matza -why in aramaic ?

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arzei halevanon(4 greats RMF,R’Kotler)
Medrash-made it in mitzrayim -shelo shanu es leshonom
why is the yerushalmi in aramaic it was in EY?
Bnei Yisrael went back to EY after beis sheni -kept persian months -torah not names ,yom rishon

R’Y’Kamenetzky -they davka kept aramaic to remind us we still in galus -this is not the ultimate till mashiach
begin in aramaic we still have allot to daven for!

17
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what is the focus of pesach night ?

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R’zilberstein
Hodaah
why psukim from kisavo -bikkurim chosen not shemos ?
they express hodaah
R’klevansky -go to hospital looked at all machlakot wards
thank you no cardio problems or respiratory
excersice for the night go around the table and thank h’ for something special you got or have

18
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what are the simanim about ?

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call them devarim?
hashavas aveida
throught the year a jew is lost -night of yetzias mitzrayim
give simanim to achieve hodaah
2 nights at the seder and R’H we uncover our true selves

Itinerary -no plan don’t get as much out of it

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why do we split the matzos at yachatz ?

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halachick reason -to create lechem oni
r’mendel riminov-creating covenant between h’ and jews
2 friends split a bill and when look at wallet remember we only half keep half for tzafun
R’albo-bris bein habesarim
avram and h’ walked through 2 halves of an animal
we’re one living organism focus on the other like themselves
after bris can’t keep secrets

20
Q

ha lach meanya

R’ solo -why we inviting now do it in shul ?

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inviting not really an invite

we are demonstrating our freedom a butler doesn’t invite a baal habayis does

21
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what is the nature of the ma nishtana ?

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rambam-not the 4 questions ‘‘vekan haben shoel,veomer hakoreh
aruch hashulchan -its like ma rabu maasecha how different is this night !

the rambam compares sippur yetzias mitzrayim to zechiras shabbos ?
shabbos is different to the rest of the week corded off kiddush and havdalla so to sippur yetzias mitzrayim

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avadim hayinu
R’solo -why not say avdei paro hayinu
why leparo bemitzrayim ?

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why did h’ reveal to moshe like a burning bush ?
moshe had doubts about the jews -last interaction was he tried helping and they told on him
even the angels had doubts ‘‘halalu ovdei avoda zara vehalalu’’
burning bush on the outside but inside untouched
we werent avdei paro (his values ) it was just a social reality

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'’vchol hmarbe lesaper harei ze meshubach’’

why we so happy no beis hamikdash still in galus ??

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asapra kevodcha (mashal)
poor,illiterate -becomes rich overnight
learns to eat well becomes dignified cultured makes a party on the day he became rich -then he loses his money still makes the party -friends ask him why
he says I lost the money but I learn’t so much how to dress ,talk, be dignified -so what that I lost the cash
we may not have the full geula so much we have is never taken away from us torah and its values

R’ashri(mimamakim) -can we say shelo asani aved in ghettos ?
100% we can ,we were never true avadim (ein ben chorin ele mi sheosek batorah) can never take that away from us

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why no bracha on sippur yetzias mitzrayim ?

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Sfas emes -dont make a bracha on a mitzva bein adam lechaveiro (tzedaka ,kibud av )
ram- mitzva sichli no asher kidishanu

the motivation is not h’ command but sechel
sippur ym not bein adam lechaveiro but ikar is hakaras hatov which is sichli so no bracha

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yesod of sippur yetzias mitzrayim

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(pachad yitzchak)
moshe revealed ppl gonna reveal to paro that he had killed the mitzri ‘‘ochain noda hadavar ‘’
med-now I understand why we not gonna be reddemed from galus
noda hadavar -ppl among us speak lashon hara
why sippur with mouth ? involves speaking usually syag lchochma shtiika
tonight kol hamarbe lesaaper harei ze meshubach
mitzva to be mekadesh dibur
why afilu kulanu chachamim -usually chaachmim silent

only nisayon in midbar h’ says ad kan
is meraglim
miryam spoke -they waited 7 years
R’tzadok (or zarua latzadik )
ohr learba asar -ohr really night -teaches shelo ledaber blashon megune
couldv’e begun any masechta with this idea why pesachim concept of taharas hadibur
in mitzrayim one of the maalos we left we had pure yichus
gm -asara yuchsin related to taharas hadibur
yichusa dikula shtikasa

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pesach - pashut passover

rashi- rachmanus

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grshz-buy tickets for kids to zoo all friends gonna be talking in shul what about them

seretz viznitz -matzos from skulener takes an extra 3 brings back before the seder ‘‘he’s a tzadik he give all away ‘’

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why does eliyahu not come through the door himself

but he can be at 1000000 seudas all at the same time ? !

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story of man waiting for gilui eliyahu -baruch the shiker came thats gilui eliyahu

r’dovid feinstein -who would you hae at your seder in last 1000 years -hungriest person !

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messages of the 4 sons

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1) they’re all different -no such thing as 1 fits all in avodas h’
2) they’re all your children despite their difficulties you have the ability to make them shine
3) the torah speaks to all 4 (torah is relevant to everyone and is available to all (its up to you to find your point of connection -we have so much in our tradition )

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whats the idea of mentioning we originally started as idol worshippers , now we close to h’ ?

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a jew has to be always searching and developing
we started of as idol worshippers in our search for h’
we were never satiated until we got the truth

we not afraid to confront our past and deal with it
we use it as a springboard to personal growth

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Q

why use lettuce for the maror ?

5 other vegetables lettuce is the least bitter ?

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lettuce most closely resembles mitzrayim - 1st ‘‘hava nichakma lo’’ they were 1st nice then slowly peel off theb layers
hitler was the same
r’krohn -this galus is not the sword but the hug (chida)
wine represents the derabanans -which seperate us from the non jews
r’krohn -went to a bris on pesach jew married to an italian
they had basar chalav +chametz matza

we have to express our maalos and show a simcha and gain from the mitzvos we are so lucky for the torah and its guidance

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we all in involved in the perfection of the world no matter how unique and different your mission is

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R’ naftali of Ropshitz -would take from each persons cup and pour into kos shel eliyahu we all directly involved bringing the geula

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Sfas emes -what is the chacham bothered by and what is the answer ?

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story of R’Oshry (mimamakim) (rav in warsaw ghetto)
chassid asked about gebrochts -story winter 1942 matzos into ghetto bribed nj -beaten teeth knocked out
Q-was not middle of donig a mitzva what was h’ doing to me !
can eat matza soaked in water -rav said can be matir neder
saw this jew eating his matza face shining with simcha -kept thanking h’
Sfas emes -this jew no teeth thanking h’ saying hallel thanks h’ taking me out of egypt to the kovno ghetto
thanks for taking me out of the pan into the fire!

son is asking what happend in mitzrayim long gone this is a much worse situation

story of eliyahu roth -lived in sqalour no kids wife mentally unstable
bochrim visit help prepare with seder -arrive home on seder night -house completely messed up
r’elya asks them what they think a perfect seder is
all answer -family around table all perfect
r’ elya answers could be wife burns the food kids rowdy spill the wine husband gets upset
he’s a slave to to a certain matzav everything has to be perfect for him to be happy for him to feel good
real chayrus is when a father can come home no food no wife no table
and he feels the love of h’ he knows anything can happen but h’ still loves me
can be in the warsaw ghetto -the worst matzav but be free