[Avodah] Ani v'lo hashaliach

[Zev Sero]

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?

I've wondered about that.   In the Rambam's hagadah that whole phrase
doesn't appear.  Shaar Hakolel (48:30) quotes Tanya Rabbati that the phrase
is not part of the orginal hagadah and is not found in the Mechilta; but
says it is in the Siddur HaAriZal, and says to see Zohar Vayera 117a-b.

In the Italian siddur all three items have the hei.

Rashi on Shmot 12:12 does not have the hei, but the Ramban quotes Rashi
with the hei; either the Ramban had a different girsa in Rashi, or lo dak.
In any case, the Ramban explains "hashaliach" as Metatron.

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