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Chad Gadya is sung because it’s a super amazing and fun song to sing, and it represents the
freedom we gained. But while that might be true, this is a Dvar Torah so it needs to teach a
lesson other than “Chad Gadya is the best and most fun song ever.”
The song is filled with death and destruc on (and yes, even a s ck!), but it ends with Hashem.
To me, this represents that even in the midst of chaos, Hashem is present and has a plan. Even if
there’s a string of deaths of various organisms that is seemingly unconnected, there's a purpose
and an ul mate end: Hashem. It doesn’t ma er if we know the purpose. What ma ers is there
IS a purpose. So if during the seder, you think to yourself, “Why is the seder so long? or “do
mitzvot need Kavanah?” remember that each individual part of the seder is important, and even
if you don’t know what that is, it exists. Oh, and also mitzvot DO need Kavanah (according to
Reish Lakish).

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