Q&A #38: Shefoch, Split-Hallel, Babies, Begin w/Degradation, Baruch ha'Makom, Haggadah Methodology
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (4/18/24), in our pre-Pesach women's Q&A, we took up six questions: (1) What's the deal with the "shefoch chamasecha" intro to Hallel? (2) Why do we interrupt Hallel at the seder with the meal? (3) The focus of the seder should be young children, but what can be done for babies? (4) Series of questions on the halacha that our telling of the story of the Exodus should "begin with degradation and end with praise." (5) What is the idea that "Baruch ha'Makom" is a quasi-birkas ha'Torah? (6) What is the methodology for learning the Haggadah? Since this was a Q&A, the answers I gave were partial and not based on comprehensive research. Still, we managed to take a few nice steps for each of these questions, and now we have plenty to think about!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
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מקורות:
אברבנאל - הגדת זבח פסח, הללויה, שפוך
ירושלמי פסחים י:א:ז
רלב"ג - סוף פרשת בשלח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח ח:טו
רד"ק - תהלים קיז
Rabbi Yosef B. Soloveitchik, "The Seder Night: An Exalted Evening," p,7
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ד
ריטב"א - פירוש ההגדה: ארבעה בנים, שפוך
אבודרהם - פירוש ההגדה: ארבעה בנים, שפוך
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