[Avodah] Moshe's name in the haggadah.
Eli Turkel
eliturkel at gmail.com
Sat Mar 27 10:47:30 PDT 2010
just read a story this shabbat that RYBS tells about himself.
When a young lad he discovered that Moshe's name wasn't mentioned
in the haggadah. He was so upset at the insult to Moshe Rabbenu that
he started crying at the seder. He father trying calming him down with many
answers that didn't help a young kid. He finally pointed out that Moshe
was quoted in a pasuk which mollified the young RYBS enough that he
stopped criyng though unsatisfied.
RYBS adult answer was that in Egypt Moshe was a mechanical
messenger who followed orders while G-d did everything. Hence, he
is not known as Moshe Goaleynu. Moshe's importance reached a height
at Mount Sinai and his personal contribution as a teacher and so he
is remembered as Moshe Rabbenu.
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Eli Turkel
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