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אָﬠ ְר ַא ְבּ ה ָאָבַּה הָנ ָשְׁל ,אָכָה א ָתּ ַשָׁה .ח ַ ס ְפ ִיְו י ֵתיֵי י ִר ְצ ִד לָכּ ,לֹכיֵיְו י ֵתיֵי ןי ִפ ְכ ִד לָכּ .םִי ָר ְצ ִמ ְד אָﬠ ְר ַא ְבּ אָנ ָתָה ְב ַא וּלָכֲא י ִד אָיְנַﬠ א ָמ ְחַל אָה
.ןי ִרוֹח יֵנ ְבּ ה ָאָבַּה הָנ ָשְׁל ,י ֵד ְבַﬠ א ָתּ ַשָׁה .ל ֵא ָר ְשִׂי ְד

This is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and
eat. Let all who are in need, come and share the Pesach meal. This year, we are here. Next year, in the land of
Israel. This year, we are slaves. Next year, we will be free.

Why Is Ha Lachma Anya Written In Aramaic? ‐ Noah Diner (9th grade)

We start off Magid with the paragraph of Ha Lachma Anya, in which we invite whoever wants to come and eat
to our seder. The invitation of Ha Lachma Anya can be understood as an invitation for the guests that are pre-
sent, but not for the guests who are absent. But why is Ha Lachma Anya written in Aramaic?

One answer may be that at that time the majority of the people spoke Aramaic. We want to invite anyone to
come, and if no one understands what you were saying your invitation is pointless. A second answer is that Ara-
maic is the only language that the angels of G-d did not understand. During the night of the seder we are on such
a high level of holiness that we speak directly to G-d, with no angels involved.

The Ritva says that on the night of the seder every person must see themselves as if they left Egypt. You must
feel as if you were freed from slavery. A slave owns nothing, as opposed to a free man who can own things. A
slave can never invite anybody to his meal. Therefore, before we start our meal as free men we declare that we
would like to invite anybody to come to our meal. Even though we know no one can hear us we invite people to
show that we are free from slavery. We learn from this that we must remember our past, while looking towards
our future.

Eloosha Goo —2nd grade