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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(ח) וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה יהוה לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
You shall tell your child on that day, “It is because of this that God did for me when I went free from Egypt.”
לְהַגִּיד lehaggid (שֹׁרֶשׁ נ.ג.ד)
- To tell
- To declare
וְהִגַּדְתָּ (ve-higgadta) = “You shall tell”
The instruction of the mitzvah to tell the story of leaving Egypt
מַגִּיד (Maggid) = The part of the Pesah Seder where we talk about the story of leaving Egypt
הַגָּדָה (Haggadah) = The book we use at the Pesah Seder
Find the Word!
In the Haggadah, there are four places where this pasuk (Shemot 13:8), or part of this pasuk, is quoted. Can you find them all? (Hint: Three are near the beginning of Maggid, and one is near the end.)
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