json/Liturgy/Haggadah/Commentary/Maaseh Nissim on Pesach Haggadah/English/Sefaria Community Translation.json

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    "language": "en",
    "title": "Maaseh Nissim on Pesach Haggadah",
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    "heTitle": "מעשה ניסים על הגדה של פסח",
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        "Liturgy",
        "Haggadah",
        "Commentary"
    ],
    "text": {
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        "Urchatz": [],
        "Karpas": [],
        "Yachatz": [],
        "Magid": {
            "Ha Lachma Anya": [
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                    "To explain this paragraph, we need to introduce the difficulties which the commentaries have expanded upon, which include: (1) why is it written in Aramaic? (2) Why is the decree encumbent on all those who are hungry let them come and eat, which is specifically meant for the poor on Pesach, and not during the other festivals, where it states \"Vesamachta b'Chagecha\"? (3) This announcement is fitting to be said outside for those who sleep in the street, so that they should hear and come to the house, not for those who are already inside the house after the door is already closed.  It would make more sense to make this announcement before Kiddush is recited so that the poor person should be able to fulfil both Kiddush and Karpas! (4) Why is it called the bread of poverty? (5) The statement \"that our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt is untrue because they did not eat Matza in Egypt until they left as the verse testifies \"they carried the dough in bundles on their shoulders\". (6)  Why does it repeat \"now we are here\" with \"now we are slaves\". (7)  Why is this paragraph not said when the temple was still standing?",
                    "In order to answer these difficulties, we need to provide the following introduction.  It is fitting for a servant which has come from prison to thank and bless the one who took him out in his kindness.  The nature of man also obligates him to be happy when he remembers the moment that he was freed, how much more so the day that he is emancipated.  However, it is not the way of a person who has already left prison once and is then imprisoned again in an even worse prison than the first one to dance and be joyful in his second prison because he was released once before.  He is completely enveloped in prison - of what help was his first emancipation?",
                    "It is also known that when a person has great joy, it is his way to invite many beloved friends to make a joyous party, and the greater his joy, the more he desires to share it with his friends to enjoy that moment with him.  We see testimony to this in the feast of Achashveirosh (who invited all the people in 127 provinces to feast with him)",
                    "It is known that the commentators explain that also while the Jews ate Matzah in Egypt, because the Egyptians wouldn't let the Jew's dough rise, because of the pressure of their work.  This is the explanation of the Abarbanel as to why it is called the bread of affliction.",
                    "After all these introductions, we can explain this paragraph, for it was established after the second temple's destruction.  The reason is that a person's heart should not be amazed at the making of a feast on leaving Egypt, yet we are still servants of Achashveirosh, and are still entrenched in this bitter exile.  This is not what a person does (as explained above).  We therefore say כהא לחמא עניא די אכלו אבהתנא בארעא דמצרים.  This meal that we are eating is likened to the meal which our forefathers ate in Egypt (because the word bread signifies a meal, as is described in the book of Samuel).  It is therefore fitting to not be happy - after all we are in a worst exile than the first.  We are eating this meal with a bitter heart, as our forefathers ate it in Egypt - with sadness, and poverty, lacking the basics of life.  This is in contrast to the moment when the temple stood (which is why we did not say it then)"
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            "We Were Slaves in Egypt": [],
            "Story of the Five Rabbis": [],
            "The Four Sons": [],
            "Yechol Me'rosh Chodesh": [],
            "In the Beginning Our Fathers Were Idol Worshipers": [],
            "First Fruits Declaration": [],
            "The Ten Plagues": [],
            "Dayenu": [],
            "Rabban Gamliel's Three Things": [],
            "First Half of Hallel": [],
            "Second Cup of Wine": []
        },
        "Rachtzah": [],
        "Motzi Matzah": [],
        "Maror": [],
        "Korech": [],
        "Shulchan Orech": [],
        "Tzafun": [],
        "Barech": {
            "Birkat Hamazon": [],
            "Third Cup of Wine": [],
            "Pour Out Thy Wrath": []
        },
        "Hallel": {
            "Second Half of Hallel": [],
            "Songs of Praise and Thanks": [],
            "Fourth Cup of Wine": []
        },
        "Nirtzah": {
            "Chasal Siddur Pesach": [],
            "L'Shana HaBaa": [],
            "And It Happened at Midnight": [],
            "Zevach Pesach": [],
            "Ki Lo Na'e": [],
            "Adir Hu": [],
            "Sefirat HaOmer": [],
            "Echad Mi Yodea": [],
            "Chad Gadya": [
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                [],
                [],
                [],
                [],
                [],
                [],
                [],
                [
                    "The angel of death came: The messiah of Joseph will be killed by the angel of death."
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        "enTitle": "Maaseh Nissim on Pesach Haggadah",
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                "heTitle": "קדש",
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            {
                "heTitle": "ורחץ",
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            {
                "heTitle": "כרפס",
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                "heTitle": "יחץ",
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            {
                "heTitle": "מגיד",
                "enTitle": "Magid",
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                        "heTitle": "הא לחמא עניא",
                        "enTitle": "Ha Lachma Anya"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "מה נשתנה",
                        "enTitle": "Four Questions"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "עבדים היינו",
                        "enTitle": "We Were Slaves in Egypt"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "מעשה שהיה בבני ברק",
                        "enTitle": "Story of the Five Rabbis"
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                        "heTitle": "כנגד ארבעה בנים",
                        "enTitle": "The Four Sons"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "יכול מראש חודש",
                        "enTitle": "Yechol Me'rosh Chodesh"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "מתחילה עובדי עבודה זרה היו אבותינו",
                        "enTitle": "In the Beginning Our Fathers Were Idol Worshipers"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "ארמי אבד אבי",
                        "enTitle": "First Fruits Declaration"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "עשר המכות",
                        "enTitle": "The Ten Plagues"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "דיינו",
                        "enTitle": "Dayenu"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "פסח מצה ומרור",
                        "enTitle": "Rabban Gamliel's Three Things"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "חצי הלל",
                        "enTitle": "First Half of Hallel"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "כוס שניה",
                        "enTitle": "Second Cup of Wine"
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                ]
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            {
                "heTitle": "רחצה",
                "enTitle": "Rachtzah"
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            {
                "heTitle": "מוציא מצה",
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            {
                "heTitle": "מרור",
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                "heTitle": "כורך",
                "enTitle": "Korech"
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                "heTitle": "שולחן עורך",
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            {
                "heTitle": "צפון",
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                "heTitle": "ברך",
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                        "heTitle": "ברכת המזון",
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "כוס שלישית",
                        "enTitle": "Third Cup of Wine"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "שפוך חמתך",
                        "enTitle": "Pour Out Thy Wrath"
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            {
                "heTitle": "הלל",
                "enTitle": "Hallel",
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "מסיימים את ההלל",
                        "enTitle": "Second Half of Hallel"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "מזמורי הודיה",
                        "enTitle": "Songs of Praise and Thanks"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "כוס רביעית",
                        "enTitle": "Fourth Cup of Wine"
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            {
                "heTitle": "נרצה",
                "enTitle": "Nirtzah",
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "חסל סידור פסח",
                        "enTitle": "Chasal Siddur Pesach"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "לשנה הבאה",
                        "enTitle": "L'Shana HaBaa"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "ויהי בחצי הלילה",
                        "enTitle": "And It Happened at Midnight"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "זבח פסח",
                        "enTitle": "Zevach Pesach"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "אדיר במלוכה",
                        "enTitle": "Ki Lo Na'e"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "אדיר הוא",
                        "enTitle": "Adir Hu"
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                    {
                        "heTitle": "ספירת העומר",
                        "enTitle": "Sefirat HaOmer"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "אחד מי יודע",
                        "enTitle": "Echad Mi Yodea"
                    },
                    {
                        "heTitle": "חד גדיא",
                        "enTitle": "Chad Gadya"
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