Saturday, March 31, 2012

Why do we shift focus to Mashiach in Ha Lachma Anya?

Hi,

"'This year we are here; next year, we will be in Israel, as free people.' Some explain that after we mention Pesach we need to invoke consolation in order to calm those who are reciting the Haggadah. It is as if we were saying that although we are now in exile and slavery and we cannot perform the Pesach properly, Gd has already promised to bring us from slavery to freedom, to take us from this exile and bring us to Israel as we once were. May it be Gd's will that He fulfill His promise this year, so that we will perform next year's Pesach in Yerushalayim."

(R' Tzidkiyahu ben Avraham haRofei, Shibolei haLeket 218)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

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