Pesach: Avadim Hayinu and Maschil B'Gnus

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How does the Haggadah open the story with gnus and end with shevach? Avadim Hayinu stresses the geulas haguf and Mitchila ovdei avodah zarah stresses the geulas hanefesh, and there is no geulas haguf without a geulas hanefesh. The Mishnah of Ben Azaria shows that telling the story on the Seder night is different from the daily zechira of yetzias Mitzrayim.

Key points

• Following the Rambam's shita, the Haggadah brings both openings, Avadim Hayinu and Mitchila ovdei avodah zarah.
• In the Arizal's explanation, Klal Yisrael nearly fell into the nun shaarei tumah, beyond redemption.
• The Vilna Gaon sees Rav and Shmuel stressing either the geulas haguf or the geulas hanefesh.
• The more one tells the story, the more one relives leaving Mitzrayim oneself.
• Rav Chaim Brisker set telling apart from remembering: gnus to shevach, question and answer, reasons.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Maschil b'gnus: Rav and Shmuel
2. 5:24Reading Avadim Hayinu inside
3. 9:28Meshubadim and the nun shaarei tumah
4. 13:03Vilna Gaon: geulas haguf and geulas hanefesh
5. 16:59Even the wise tell the story
6. 21:22The maaseh in Bnei Brak
7. 26:23The Mishnah of Ben Azaria
8. 34:36Telling versus remembering yetzias Mitzrayim
9. 39:16Ben Zoma or the Chachamim?

Topics

• Pesach
• Haggadah
• Maschil B'Gnus