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We read the Haggadah as a form of prayer, not as a historical story. We should contemplate the events revealed back then and internalize the message – there is no such thing as coincidence or nature; it is all Hashem! We cannot see the open miracles today but we are meant to yearn and pray for the time when Hashem’s Kingship will no longer be hidden.
No matter how difficult our personal experiences are, whatever we are going through, at the end Hashem will wipe them away and we will be left with a sweetness produced by the revelation as to why we had to go through what we did. We will sing a great song and laugh over the illusion of exile as is written in Tehillim (126:2), “Az yimaleh schok peenu Ul’shonenu rina… (Then our mouth will be filled with laughter and our tongue with songs of joy…”) There is a veil that hides Hashem’s purity and virtue but when that curtain will fall the mystery will be gone and the truthful reality will set in.
And so at the seder although we still look at life through eyes of confusion we joyfully say Hallel HaGadol and praise Hashem. It is written in the Gemara Eiruvin (65a), “Nichnas yayin yotzeh sod (Wine enters and secrets emerge”) – the four cups of wine open up the pathways to true da’at (intimate knowledge that bridges the mind and heart) and we are able to see Hashem through the illusion of exile.
We eat maror since Hashem wants us to internalize that life can be sprinkled with bitterness, but there is a comfort hinted at it as well. Indeed, the Emuna we attain on Pesach sweetens our life. How? We take the maror, the bitterness of life’s circumstances, and dip it into charoset. What sweetens life? Knowing that Hashem our Father is with us through it all, healing our neshamot and guiding our way. That is light. That is a reason to sing!
Chag Kasher v’Samaech to all! The Daily Dose of Emuna will be on break until after Pesach or until we meet in the women’s section of the Beit HaMikdash soon, Amen! Looking forward to seeing you all there!
