Pesach: V'hi She'amda Through Vayareiu Osanu

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What stood by our fathers in every golus? Not only the promise of the Bris Bein HaBesarim, but Hashem watching over us, who calculated the ketz and brought it early because the suffering was harsher. Magid then darshans the Bikurim pesukim like a Gemara, proving each phrase from another pasuk. We go through the first two of the four pesukim, from Arami oved avi to the avodah kasha.

Key points

• Hashem calculated the ketz and took us out early because Mitzrayim made us suffer more.
• Vayagar sham means Yaakov went down as a temporary stranger, not to settle there.
• One commentary reads gadol, atzum and varav as quality, quantity and eternity.
• One sefer has the salt water recall the murky river where Klal Yisrael went to the mikvah.
• Through Atbash, one commentary reads b'farech as 39, the melachos forced on Klal Yisrael in Mitzrayim.

In this shiur

1. 0:00V'hi she'amda and the ketz
2. 4:53Lavan compared with Paro
3. 7:55A derech halatza on Lavan
4. 9:04Bikurim and the four pesukim
5. 18:26Vayered Mitzrayima, forced by the dibur
6. 19:07Vayagar sham and living in golus
7. 24:21Vayehi sham l'goy, standing out
8. 26:33Gadol, atzum and varav
9. 35:40Salt water by karpas
10. 42:57Second pasuk: Vayareiu osanu
11. 48:44Avodah kasha and the Atbash

Topics

• Haggadah
• Magid
• Pesach