Highlighted entries are Halachah-related
BREAD OF AFFLICTION
1)
הא לחמא עניא -
"Lachma Anya" is Aramaic for "Lechem Oni" - bread of affliction or poverty (see Devarim 16:3). Why is Matzah defined this way?
2)
הא לחמא עניא -
We refer to Matzah as "Lachma Anya" - bread of poverty or affliction - whereas later we will explain that Matzah symbolizes our hastened redemption! How can it be both?
INVITING THE NEEDY
3)
כל דצריך ייתי ויפסח. השתא הכא... -
What is the significance of this invitation? In the times of the Korban Pesach, could one walk in uninvited to a Pesach Seder, and partake of the Korban?
EVEN HERE AND NOW
4)
השתא הכא -
Why do we celebrate our freedom, even as we sit here in exile?
