This series is devoted to short but complete Torah morsels that
can be used at the seder. This series is reprinted from
Rashi is Simple with permission of the author, myself.
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In todays posting we review the Passover Hagaddah requirement to
        >not only tell the Passover story but
        >to SEE OURSELVES AS IF WE OURSELVES HAD COME OUT OF EGYPT




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On Passover the Haggadah states that we must not only tell the
story of Passover but
        >see OURSELVES as if WE had come out of Egypt

It is interesting how this is derived. We give several derivations


EXAMPLE 1
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Rambam derives this from
        >and "US" he took out of Egypt
from which we get the dictum
        >in every generation you must see yourself as being in Egypt


EXAMPLE 2
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We could find further support for this in that by ALL 4 sons it says
        >God took US out of Egypt


EXAMPLE 3
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A further support is found in 1-15-13; God spoke to Abraham saying
        >Your Children will be aliens in a land not their own
        >they will enslave and torture them
        >and ALSO the nation they serve will I judge
The word
        >ALSO
implies
        >Egypt will be punished
AND
        >ANY other nation that treats them that way
In particular
        >the roman empire
        >the mideval church
        >nazi Germany
were all punished in a mannar similar to Egypt. In fact after
Passover we will review the 20 Rashis where
        >ALSO implies something extra

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