{"id":47230,"date":"2019-04-09T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=47230"},"modified":"2020-09-08T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:51:03","slug":"haggadah-my-personal-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/haggadah-my-personal-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haggadah: My Personal Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does the Haggadah turn to the declaration made when bringing Bikkurim to tell the story of the Exodus rather than the story itself? What is emphasized in \u05de\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd? Why isn&#8217;t the verse about coming into the Land of Israel included at the Seder (why don&#8217;t we include a fifth cup &#8211; \u05d5\u05d4\u05d1\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9)?<\/p>\n<p>The only pasuk which makes a direct connection between \u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd and entering the Land of Israel is the final pasuk of the Haggadah:<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05e9\u05dd \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05df \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05ea\u05ea \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05e5 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d1\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 &#8211; \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5:\u05db\u05d2<\/p>\n<p>The Haggadah is a lesson in how to educate children, we don&#8217;t simply tell children the story of the past and that they have mitzvot to fulfill, we do it with them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Delivered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouisrael.org\/\">OU Israel Center<\/a>, April 9th, 2019, 4 Nisan 5779<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does the Haggadah turn to the declaration made when bringing Bikkurim to tell the story of the Exodus rather than the story itself? 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