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The Full Picture - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

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Rabbi Eliyahu Maksumov

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But there's a nice understanding behind why we have to break the matzah. You know why we break the matzah? Because when we were in exile, we have a lot of questions. We have a lot of doubts. We can't understand why is Hashem doing this and why is Hashem not doing that. So we break it because we don't see the full picture, right? In life, you don't In fact, you don't even see most of the picture. So most of the picture is gone. That's the afikoman. But when we get to the fifth cup already, by the time we get to Eliyahu Hanavi's cup, where we bring back the afikoman. And when that's going to happen, Mashiach is going to come, we're going to see the full picture, and everything is going to come full circle. We're going to realize in the end of the

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  1. 0:00But there's a nice understanding behind why we have to break the matzah. You know why
  2. 0:30We're going to realize in the end of the day, Hashem was behind the scenes. Hashem
  3. 1:02things from a from a very narrow view. But one day, b'ezrat Hashem, when you're going
  4. 1:32of the redemption and really understand come to the understanding of why and how and what

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