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The Haggadah & the Divine Plan

1.8K views · Mar 29, 2026

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

An exploration of the 15 steps of the Haggadah as a blueprint for creation, breakage, repair, and reward.

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Yagoda has 15 different stages. It's interesting to look at those expressions cuz in many ways they represent the entire plan of creation. Let's take a look. Kadesh say kiddush. So, Kadesh means is a Kadesh Baruchu. That's how it starts. There's God. Urchatz, so the Baruch Hashem washed his hands of the briah. That's called tzimtzum. He separated himself from the briah. Okay. Karpas Chazal say Karpas alludes to Adam Rishon because it's Adam

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  1. 0:00Yagoda has 15 different stages. It's interesting to look at those expressions cuz in many ways…
  2. 0:30Porach. 600,000 people later labored and they represent Adam. So, Karpas, God created man. Yachatz but…
  3. 1:00will remove wash the hands. That will remove the zoheima. And the way to do that…
  4. 1:31will be blessed. In what way? Because you will be masakkin the Baruch Hashem and therefore…

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