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==Why is it called Shabbat HaGadol?== | ==Why is it called Shabbat HaGadol?== | ||
#Some explain that it's called [[Shabbat]] HaGadol because that was the [[Shabbat]] when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for [[Pesach]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref> | #Some explain that it's called [[Shabbat]] HaGadol because that was the [[Shabbat]] when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for [[Pesach]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref> | ||
#As Am Yisrael left Mitzrayim on the 15th of Nissan (Thursday),<ref name=":0">Shabbat 87b</ref> the previous Shabbat would have been the 10th of Nissan, the same day Moshe asks K'lal Yisrael that "''they shall take every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house''." <ref>[https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48942426.html#4 Aish.com] citing Shemot 12:3</ref> Tosfot <ref name=":0" /> explains that this action interested and angered the Egyptians, and so the firstborn pleaded to Pharaoh to free Am Yisrael, but he refused. And so, as a result, the firstborn attacked their fathers. The greatness is derived from the damage Hashem did to Egyptian society in this sense. <ref> | #As Am Yisrael left Mitzrayim on the 15th of Nissan (Thursday),<ref name=":0">Shabbat 87b</ref> the previous Shabbat would have been the 10th of Nissan, the same day Moshe asks K'lal Yisrael that "''they shall take every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house''." <ref>[https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48942426.html#4 Aish.com] citing Shemot 12:3</ref> Tosfot <ref name=":0" /> explains that this action interested and angered the Egyptians, and so the firstborn pleaded to Pharaoh to free Am Yisrael, but he refused. And so, as a result, the firstborn attacked their fathers. The greatness is derived from the damage Hashem did to Egyptian society in this sense.<ref>[https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48942426.html#5 Aish.com] citing Midrash Tehilim 136:6 and Ancient Tanchuma Bo 18</ref> | ||
#See Sfat Emet Shabbat HaGadol for more. | #See Sfat Emet Shabbat HaGadol for more. | ||
# It wasn't established on the date of the 10th because it was the date of Miriam's death and we don't want to establish a holiday for that day.<ref>Magen Avraham 430:1</ref> | |||
==Haftarah== | ==Haftarah== | ||
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==Drasha of the Rabbi== | ==Drasha of the Rabbi== | ||
#The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol on Hilchot [[Pesach]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 429:2, Chazon Ovadia page 32 </ref> | #The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol on Hilchot [[Pesach]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 429:2, Chazon Ovadia page 32 </ref> If [[Shabbat]] HaGadol falls out on [[Erev Pesach]], the Drasha should take place a week earlier.<ref>Mishna Brurah 430:2, Chazon Ovadia page 32 </ref> | ||
#If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol is in [[mourning]] and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha, it’s permissible to give the Drasha. <ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7) </ref> | #If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol is in [[mourning]] and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha, it’s permissible to give the Drasha. <ref>Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7) </ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 13 July 2023
Why is it called Shabbat HaGadol?
- Some explain that it's called Shabbat HaGadol because that was the Shabbat when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for Pesach.[1]
- As Am Yisrael left Mitzrayim on the 15th of Nissan (Thursday),[2] the previous Shabbat would have been the 10th of Nissan, the same day Moshe asks K'lal Yisrael that "they shall take every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house." [3] Tosfot [2] explains that this action interested and angered the Egyptians, and so the firstborn pleaded to Pharaoh to free Am Yisrael, but he refused. And so, as a result, the firstborn attacked their fathers. The greatness is derived from the damage Hashem did to Egyptian society in this sense.[4]
- See Sfat Emet Shabbat HaGadol for more.
- It wasn't established on the date of the 10th because it was the date of Miriam's death and we don't want to establish a holiday for that day.[5]
Haftarah
- There are a number of Minhagim about which Haftara to read when Erev Pesach is on Shabbat HaGadol, and each community should follow its own custom.[6]
Drasha of the Rabbi
- The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol on Hilchot Pesach.[7] If Shabbat HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier.[8]
- If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol is in mourning and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha, it’s permissible to give the Drasha. [9]
Greetings on Shabbat Hagadol
Reading the Haggadah in advance
- On Shabbat HaGadol, the minhag is to read the Haggadah from Avadim Hayinu until LeChaper Al Avonotanu. [11]
Sources
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch O.C. 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shabbat 87b
- ↑ Aish.com citing Shemot 12:3
- ↑ Aish.com citing Midrash Tehilim 136:6 and Ancient Tanchuma Bo 18
- ↑ Magen Avraham 430:1
- ↑ Yechave Daat 1:3
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 429:2, Chazon Ovadia page 32
- ↑ Mishna Brurah 430:2, Chazon Ovadia page 32
- ↑ Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7)
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia page 29
- ↑ Rama 430:1 based on Ravyah 225 writes that the minhag is to read the Haggadah from Avadim Hayinu until LeChaper Al Avonotanu on Shabbat HaGadol. This is quoted by Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 107:3. However, Beiur Halacha s.v. BeMincha quotes the Gra (Maaseh Rav #173) who didn't have the minhag to read the Hagadah on Shabbat.
