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Pesach 5778
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Mishnah in Pesachim 116B states, Bechol Dor V'Dor Chayav Adam Liros es Atzmo K'Ilu Hu Yatza MiMitzrayim. In every generation a person is required to view himself as if he personally experienced Yetzias Mitzrayim. This statement in the Mishnah is brought in the Hagadah at the end of the Magid sec Read more...
Chag HaPesach
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We learn in the Mishnah in Pesachim 116A that when the second cup of wine is poured the son asks his father questions. The Gemara adds to this with a Braiysa which teaches that if the son isn't intelligent enough to ask, then his wife asks him, and if she doesn't ask him, then he asks himself. There Read more...
Shabbos Chanukah 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Gemara in Shabbos 21B teaches that when the Greeks entered the Beis Hamikdash they defiled all the oils, Tim'u Kol Hashemanim She'BaHeichal. This event is referred to in the song Ma'oz Tzur when we sing U'Fartzu Chomos Migdalai V'Timu Kol Hashemanim. They breached the walls of my towers and they Read more...
Pesach 5779
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Mishnah in Pesachim 116A states in the name of Rabban Gamliel that in order to fulfill the mitzvah of Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim one needs to mention Pesach, Matza and Maror. This teaching of Rabban Gamliel is mentioned in the Haggadah in the conclusion of the Magid section and the Mishnah Berurah Read more...