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# 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> S"A 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> S"A 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref> | ||
==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 </ref> However, if [[Shabbat]] HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 430:1, 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> However, if [[Shabbat]] HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 430:1, 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> | ||
==Greetings on Shabbat Hagadol== | ==Greetings on Shabbat Hagadol== |