Pesach: Matzah as the Food of Emunah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the pasuk tie guarding the matzah to Hashem taking us out of Mitzrayim on that very day? In the sefer, chametz rises by itself while the baker works matzah dough every moment, so matzah teaches that Hashem is involved in everything every second. Mitzrayim thought Hashem had left the world to the mazalos, and Hashem took us out at the mazal's strongest time. The sefer also has Pesach's kedusha coming from Hashem as a gift.

Key points

• The sefer calls matzah the food of emunah, and a medicine against the yetzer hara.
• Perhaps the main fight against the yetzer is not coming to the fight at all.
• In the sefer, matzah never rises by itself, a hint that Hashem runs everything every second.
• Lechem equals three times Hashem's name, and matzah three times the name spelled out.
• In the sefer, Pesach's kedusha comes as a gift from Above, unlike the other Moadim.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The pasuk of guarding the matzah
2. 1:09Matzah as the food of emunah
3. 4:19Chametz rises by itself, matzah does not
4. 9:43Mitzrayim's mistake about the mazalos
5. 13:18Gematria of lechem and matzah
6. 16:13Back to the pasuk
7. 20:42Pesach's kedusha as a gift
8. 23:59Kodesh before Urchatz at the Seder

Topics

• Pesach
• Matzah
• Emunah