[Avodah] Eating Matza for 7 Days

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:47:24AM -0700, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: I was discussing this idea over Yom Tov wondering why Hashem would want
: this. It seems to me that once we have finished the seder and transitioned
: from Avdut to Cheirut, that having actually eating Lechem Oni shouldn't be a
: mitzva.
: An answer that came up was that while yes, we were freed from Mitzrayim at
: the beginning of Pesach, until Kriyat Yam Suf, we were still effectively
: slaves as we had the ability to turn around at any moment and go back. Only
: once we finally crossed over the ocean and reached the true point of trust
: in Hashem ("Vayaaminu ba'Hashem...") could we truly be considered free.
: Has anyone heard any other answers for this?

I'm not sure why it requires an asei to raise the question. Why the
issur chameitz after day 1 (& 2 in chu"l)?

It's not the physical barrier. Particular since there are shitos that
have the path of qeri'as Yam Suf as an arc, ending on the same side as
they began. Perhaps it was the psychological effect of seeing their
masters meis al sefas hayam.

BTW, it goes beyond emunah. Vayar Yisrael.... vayir'u ha'am es Hashem.
See Be'Iqvos haYir'ah pg 14 (<http://www.aishdas.org/raek/yirah.pdf> pg
6). RAEK's discussion of QYS begins in par 3, but you need the context
of the essay to understand what he's getting at. "Ra'asah shifchah al
hayam mah shelo ra'ah Yechezqeil" -- "mikan yir'as haRomemus shehi
re'iyas haRomemus."

Not that yir'ah is necessarily beyond emunah (although it strikes me
that it would -- you have to believe something exists before you can
be overawed by it). Just meant that the two together is more than
vayaaminu alone.

:-)||ii!
-Micha

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