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Rav Chaim Palagi and the 50th level of impurity in the haggadah
Rav Daniel Glatstein shlita says in a recent interview with ArtScroll (min. 23:24) that Rav Chaim Palagi, in his sefer Zechira Le'Chaim (Chaim Le Rosh, Haggadah Shel Pesach) divides the sections of ...
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Mekor for Dayenu 'warfare' seder tradition
I recall seeing a minhag in which the participants enjoy hitting each other with scallions during Dayenu at the seder night. I don't know much about this but I was very curious on learning what is the ...
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Who said Moshe is missing from the Haggadah to emphasize HaShem?
Where is the source of the Vilna Gaon/the Gra or any commentator explaining that Moshe is left out of the haggadah (besides the one time he is mentioned) in order to show that it was Hashem who did ...
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Ba'al HaTanya on Echad Mi Yodeya
I heard from a Rav in a shiur that he saw written somewhere in the name of the Ba'al HaTanya an explanation for the song Echad Mi Yodeya at the end of the Haggadah. It seems a little incongruous to ...
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What's the source for the מעשה בר' אליעזר... שהיו מסובין of the הגדה?
I'm making a דרשה related to פסח and I want to look up the source of מעשה בר' אליעזר, I don't know where it's located, is it in גמרא, does it even have a source besides of the הגדה?
מעשה בר' אליעזר ...
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We dip karpas because of aristocracy
Chazal say that the reason we dip the karpas at the seder is so the children will ask (Pesachim 114b). Meaning, it will spark their curiosity and they will then end up asking other questions about the ...
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Rabbi and Priest Debate: דצ"ך ��ד"ש באח"ב
Some of the commentators on the Haggada note a story between a rav and a priest where the latter claimed דצ"ך עד"ש באח"ב was a reference to our "heinous crimes" while the rav ...
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Is the "wicked son" of the Haggadah an apostate Jew?
I've seen a few sources that seem to understand that the wicked son of the Haggadah was an apostate Jew, who converted to Christianity. See for example, this answer and linked article, as well as ...
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Is the Afikoman meant to be a substitute for Korban Pesach?
I don't recall, offhand, what the purpose of the Afikoman is. Is it supposed to "represent" the Pesach sacrifice?
If so - I'm curious about a common instruction I see in many Hagaddot. It says that ...
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Where do the "plague comparison" paragraphs in the Hagadah come from?
In the Hagadah after enumerating the plagues, there are 3 paragraphs deriving the number of plagues in Egypt and at the Sea of Reeds - by Rabbi Yosi Haglili, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiva.
What's the ...
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When did the Ma Nishtana start being called the Four Questions?
In the Mishnah Pesachim 10:4, we are first taught of the obligation to ask the Ma Nishtana question/s at the Pesach Seder. This consists of an opening question:
?מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילות/How is ...
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Tu B'Shvat Seder: At night or day?
The Pri Etz Hadar, as incorporated in the Chemdas Yamim, tells us of the idea of making a Tu B'Shvat Seder. It seems that most people (such as here, here and here) assume the Seder is meant to take ...
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"Echad mi yodeya" describing merits for Exodus -- source?
The Artscroll Family Hagadah explains that Echad Mi Yodeya is asking "in what merit were the Jews redeemed from Egypt?" Well, they believed in one God, they would receive two tablets, they had great ...
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Hallel before chatzos at seder
I was reading Rav Schwab On Prayer (page 541) where he says the following about the timing of parts of the Seder:
According to some poskim, even the recitation of Hallel should be completed before ...
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Parents teaching children or children teaching parents?
Regarding והגדת לבנך, and you shall tell to your children (Shemos 13:8), on Pesach night:
1) What is the mitzvah of והגדת לבנך and how does one fulfill it according to halacha?
2a) Why do yeshivos ...
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