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Maggid

The next section of the Seder, Maggid, contains one of the primary mitzvot of the evening, the mitzva of
telling the story of the Exodus. However, it is evident from the sugya in Masechet Berachot below (also brought
in the Haggada) that there is a mitzva to remember yetziat mitzrayim every night of the year as well. In that
sugya, Tannaim dispute why the Torah added the word “kol” in the verse “kol yemei chayecha,” “all the days of
your life,” when describing the mitzva to remember the Exodus from Egypt. The halacha follows the opinion
of Ben Zoma who explains that the word “kol” teaches that the Exodus must be remembered at night as well.

h Masechet Berachot 12b :בי תוכרב תכסמ . 30
The Exodus from Egypt is mentioned at night, adjacent יבר רמא .תולילב םירצמ תאיצי ןיריכזמ
to the recitation of Shema. Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya said: I ,הנש םיעבש ןבכ ינא ירה :הירזע ןב רזעלא
am like seventy years old, and although I have long held this תולילב םירצמ תאיצי רמאתש יתיכז אלו
opinion, I was never privileged to prove that there is a biblical רכזת ןעמל“ :רמאנש .אמוז ןב השרדש דע
obligation to fulfill the accepted custom and have the Exodus ”.ךייח ימי לכ םירצמ ץראמ ךתאצ םוי תא
from Egypt mentioned at night, until Ben Zoma interpreted ;תולילה – ךייח ימי לכ ,םימיה – ךייח ימי
it homiletically and proved it obligatory.
,הזה םלועה – ךייח ימי :םירמוא םימכחו
As it is stated: “That you may remember the day you .חישמה תומיל איבהל – לכ
went out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life”
(Devarim 16:3). The days of your life, refers to daytime alone; however, the addition of the word “all,” as it is
stated: “All the days of your life,” serves to include the nights as well.
And the Rabbis explain the word “all” differently and say: The days of your life, refers to the days in this
world, all is added to include the days of the Messiah.

Based on this, one may ask what is so unique about the Seder night, as every other night there is also an
obligation to recall the Exodus from Egypt.
The Acharonim discuss this question at length and offer a number of answers distinguishing the unique
obligation of telling the story on the Seder night from the mitzva in effect the rest of the year.

a Minchat Chinuch, Mitzva 21 אכ הוצמ | ךוניח תחנמ . 31
Now it seems that the Rambam requires further analysis, for הנומד ,ם”במרה לע ןויע ךירצ הרואכל הנהו
he counted the mitzva to tell [the story of the Exodus] on the לילד אתוילעמ יאמ ו”ט לילב רפסל הוצמה
night of the 15 [as a separate mitzva]. But why is this night תאיצי ריכזהל הוצמ אה תולילה לכמ הז
th
greater than all other nights, for there is a mitzva to remember ת”וש ןייע …הליל לכבו םוי לכב םירצמ
the Exodus from Egypt every day and night… see Responsa ךיראה םירצמ תאיצי תוכלה הירא תגאש
Sha’agat Aryeh (Hilchot Yetziat Mitzrayim) who clarifies at רמולו רוהרהב הבוח ידי אצוי וניאש ררבל
length that one does not fulfill one’s obligation (every night) by
mental thought alone. דוחל םירצמ תאיצי תרכזהב יד םוי לכבד

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