Everything has a plan
The night of Pesach is called, “The Seder night,” meaning the night of order. This hints to the fact that everything that has happened to the Jewish people from the time of yetzi-as Mitzrayim (the...
Category: HOLIDAYS
If Hashem would not have freed us…
The Hagadah says that were it not for Hashem freeing us from us Mitzrayim we would still be there today. Now, this begs to question wouldn’t it be possible that we would somehow become...
Hiding the Afikoman
Reb Chaim Brisker explains that the custom of hiding the Afikoman has its roots in Halachah: eating the afikoman as the last item of the meal commemorates the Korban Pesach which was the last to...
Ma Nishtanah
The Abarbanel poses the following question: During the Seder the son asks four questions, but where does he ever receive his answer? He explains: The main question that the son is asking is regarding the...
Revealing Hashem
Through eating the portion of matzah during the Seder night, we reveal the essence of HaShem; a level uncontainable, which even the highest levels of spirituality cannot hold or fully grasp. This is hinted to by...
Breaking the ego
The Talmud says that through the Hallel we have the ability to break the roof. A roof is something above us is analogues to ego that causes us to feel greater then we really...
Breaking Boundaries
The Chidushei Harim explains, that on Pesach the Jewish people have the ability to “break the roofs through the Hallel of the seder.” Even when it seems that due to their sins, it is impossible...
The Hallel
The Talmud says the following curious statment; “The Korban Pesach was only a kzaayis but from the hallel that was recited over it, roofs were broken.”(פסחים פה,ב) The Maharsha explains this to mean that although...
Serving Nature
The Egyptian culture was such that they worshiped nature. The strength of nature reaches its fullest and blooms in the Spring season. This is why HaShem chose to take us out of Egypt during...
Going out in weakness
The Jewish people were commanded before they left Mitzrayim to receive a bris mila, in order that they should go into the desert in pain and weakness. Thus relying not on their own strength...
