[Avodah] Pirsumei Nisa

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 04:07:57PM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: >As for the question about how the 4 cups actually qualify as pirsumei
: >nisa to begin with, it is discussed in "The Brisker Hagaddah", not that
: >I recall the answer nor know where I put it with the Pesach stuff.

: I don't recall hearing arba kosos related to pirsumei nisa.  I have an 
: earlier edition of the Brisker Haggadah, but I dug it out and didn't 
: find anything.  Is there an older and (I hope the Briskers on the list 
: will pardon my terminology) less speculative source?

Pesachim 112a gives this as the reason why one should accept tzedaqah
to pay for the kosos. (Unlike R' Aqiva's shitah on se'udah shelishis,
where it's better to have 2 meals than to have to humble oneself.) The
topic I saw in the Brisker haGadah is the definition of pirsumei nisa
and how the 4 kosos fits. But the notion that that's their function is
in the gemara.

Perhaps RDE (or someone else) has a copy of R' Moshe Shernbuch's Moadim
uZemanim VII, and gan summarize his discussion of the topic on p 97.
Something about how cheirus and simchah, the explanation of 4 kosos
given in Pesachim 108b qualifies as pirsumei Nisa. But I don't own one,
can't find it on an electronic copy, so all I have is vague rumors on
the web...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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