[Avodah] Ani v'lo hashaliach

[David Riceman]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> Towards the end of Maggid, just before the Ten Plagues, the Hagada quotes the pasuk "V'avarti b'eretz mitzraim", and offers these comments:
>
> "... Ani v'lo mal'ach.
> "... Ani v'lo saraf.
> "... Ani v'lo hashaliach."
>
> What is the significance of the heh hayediah in the last of these? Is Hashem referring to a *specific* shaliach, but only a generic mal'ach or a generic saraf?
>   
At my seder I translate it as "Moses".  If the passage is post-Islamic 
(does anyone have a date?) there's a parallel in the way Moslems refer 
to Mohammed.

David Riceman