Maghen Abraham - Thoughts From Mayer Sasson

Ideas from the Haggadah

Who wrote the Haggadah?

Ha Lachma Ania

Rabbi Bunim of Pshischa said an interesting fact: The wording of the Hagaddah, especially the words of Baruch Hamakom Baruch Hu ברוך המקום ברוך הוא" show that Eliyahu Hanavi composed the Hagaddah, for we see many times that in Tana Dvei Eliyahu it says Baruch Hamakom Baruch Hu.

The Tzemach Menachem wrote in the introduction, per the Rokach, that every author should mention his name at the beginning of his book. We can say that Eliyahu Hanavi alluded to his name in the words opening the Hagaddah: Ha Lachma Ania - "הא לחמא עניא" – the letters הא are the initials of the words הנביא אליהו.

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A story with Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria and Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon

The first letters of these names אליעזר, יהושע, אלעזר, עקיבא וטרפון add up to 91, the same as the numerology of the word Amen. Just as the purpose of dealing with the exodus from Egypt is to increase the belief in a person's heart, so too answering Amen was established to ingrain belief in a person's heart, as Rashi wrote – Answering Amen testifies to the Creator and that He is the Master of the world.

SHABBAT SHALOM!!!