… Ask so many questions?
If you want to learn, you need to ask questions. Chazal tell us, “Ein habayshan lomeid,” which means that someone who is embarrassed to ask their questions won’t learn! In other schools of thought, questions are a big no-no. Too many questions mean the truth will start to come out, and they will be exposed for being sheker! But we have the truth! Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu! The more we think in Torah and ask when we don’t understand, the more emes is uncovered! It’s breathtaking! The Seder, the Night of Emunah, is based on questions. It’s more than just Mah Nishtanah. The Seder is built in a way to make us curious and to ask — so we can ask and learn! Matzah is called lechem oni — poor man’s bread — but it also means, the bread that has many answers (Onim devarim harbeh) said over it!
On a deeper level, our Tzadikim tell us that on the Seder night, we can ask Hashem for what we need. Don’t be afraid to take advantage of a lull in the action to daven. It’s the biggest night of the year!
SO… here are a few good questions for you to ask at your Seder!
Why is the first washing called Urchatz… but the second is Rachtzah?
Why do we break the middle matzah at Yachatz instead of at Motzi Matzah?
Why is the Haggadah based on pesukim from Devarim, instead of Shemos? Why isn’t Moshe Rabbeinu mentioned even once in the Haggadah? Why do we sing Chad Gadya at the Seder?
A Chag Kasher V’Sameach!
Last week: Baruch reminds himself that it’s up to him to decide whether he will act with bitachon and simcha. Especially as the license plate of the person who broke the Time Machine reads “AMALEK10!”
This article was found in Nekuda Tova Issue 31 Special Pesach.
