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2 243 55_Shiur HaRav Soloveichik ZTL on Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim0_10_jr@sco.com26_Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:56 EST655_- haggadah1.99<br><br>Shiur HaRav Soloveichik ZT"L on Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim<br><br>(Shiur date: 1969)<br><br>The Rav observed that, at times, the recitations comprising the Haggadah appear at first glance to lack continuity and structure. The Rav focused on the analysis of the Maggid portion of the Haggadah, from Mah Nishtanah through the concluding blessing of Go'al Yisrael. The Rambam refers to this section as the Haggadah, which forms a unique composite of recitations. The sections concluding the Hallel after Bircas Hamazon and Nishmas are not unique to the night of Pesach, as they are recited on the various festivals and every Shabbos [...]
246 247 60_Shiur Harav Soloveichik ZT"L on Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim - 20_10_jr@sco.com26_Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:06 EST619_- haggadah2.99<br><br>Shiur HaRav Soloveichik ZT"L on Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim - 2<br><br>(Shiur date unknown)<br><br>Sippur, as in Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim, comes from the word Saper, the same root that includes Sofer, which is Hebrew for scribe. A scribe is not the same as a simple writer. Throughout Tanach the word Sofer is used to indicate that the position of scribe was one of importance, for example Sofrei Hamelech in Megilas Esther. In Talmudic parlance, Sofer means a Talmid Chacham, a scholar. In contrast to Divray Torah we have the term Divrei Sofrim, which are the teachings of the scholars. There [...]