Passover: The Ma Nishtana

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Aaron L Raskin’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] in most prior to the recital of the four questions it says in very small [Applause] letters and now the child or the son asks the man there are other versions that says there are other versions that says now the child or the son asks ma what but the way it states in the writings of David and also what's brought down in the is that now the son recites man what does that mean so theab mean so theab says that night on the ma is ma means what n is different tonight the what is different what is what what is ma ma is B ma represents self nullification in other words throughout the entire year we're egotistic the entire year we're egotistic throughout the year we're selfish but tonight is different tonight the is tonight it's totally different because we are totally dedicated to God there's another interpretation found in the Zohar and that is z says in that on the night of shim on the night when God watches the Jewish people when the sh is redeemed so the ma is enlightened at that time when the ma is enlightened which is God's full name at that name at that time the child should ask his father man why does it mean that the ma is the full name of God so we know that the name of God is the the Tet if you spell out the so the is the is the is and then the he is again he

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1. 0:02[Music] in most prior to the recital of the four questions it says in very small…
2. 3:42in other words the name of God is complete when the name of God is complete…
3. 7:17reclining so let's understand this on on five levels the simple level and on the simple…
4. 11:24mat is le le is ego matah is flat represents self nullification humility in previous Exiles…
5. 15:00permanent But ultimately after all the Exiles and after all the redemptions we went back into…
6. 19:05one so perhaps we say that the order of the four questions is based on what…
7. 22:41grandfather said it very vividly how at the beginning of the S before we started used…
8. 26:25Egyptians they served idols and we served idols and we were 49 levels of impurity so…
9. 30:31is not based on the child's action and performance and accomplishments it's an essential love that's…
10. 34:10and recite them Onan the next day he meets the rebi he meets the teacher in…

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