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==Why is it called Shabbat HaGadol?==
==Why is it called [[Shabbat]] HaGadol?==
# Some explain that it's called Shabbat  HaGadol because that was the Shabbat when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for Pesach. <Ref> S"A 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref>
# Some explain that it's called [[Shabbat]] HaGadol because that was the [[Shabbat]] when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for Pesach. <Ref> S"A 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref>
==Drasha of the Rabbi==
==Drasha of the Rabbi==
# The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol on Hilchot Pesach. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 429:2 </ref> However, if Shabbat HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref>
# The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol on Hilchot Pesach. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 429:2 </ref> However, if [[Shabbat]] HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 430:1 </ref>
# If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol is in mourning and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha it’s permissible to give the Drasha. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7) </ref>
# If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on [[Shabbat]] HaGadol is in mourning and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha it’s permissible to give the Drasha. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7) </ref>
==Reading the Haggadah in advance==
==Reading the Haggadah in advance==
# On Shabbat HaGadol, the minhag is to read the Hagadah from Avadim Hayinu until LeChaper Al Avonotanu. <Ref>Rama 430:1. Buir Halacha D"H BeMincha quotes the Gra who didn't have the minhag to read the Hagadah on Shabbat. </ref>
# On [[Shabbat]] HaGadol, the minhag is to read the Hagadah from Avadim Hayinu until LeChaper Al Avonotanu. <Ref>Rama 430:1. Buir Halacha D"H BeMincha quotes the Gra who didn't have the minhag to read the Hagadah on [[Shabbat]]. </ref>


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Revision as of 16:20, 4 March 2012

Why is it called Shabbat HaGadol?

  1. Some explain that it's called Shabbat HaGadol because that was the Shabbat when a miracle occurred for the Jews in Egypt that the Egyptians didn't say anything when the Jews took sheep, which was the Egyptian god, in order to slaughter them for Pesach. [1]

Drasha of the Rabbi

  1. The minhag is for the Rabbi of the community to give a Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol on Hilchot Pesach. [2] However, if Shabbat HaGadol falls out on Erev Pesach, the Drasha should take place a week earlier. [3]
  2. If the Rabbi who usually gives the Drasha on Shabbat HaGadol is in mourning and there’s no other Rabbi to make a Drasha it’s permissible to give the Drasha. [4]

Reading the Haggadah in advance

  1. On Shabbat HaGadol, the minhag is to read the Hagadah from Avadim Hayinu until LeChaper Al Avonotanu. [5]

References

  1. S"A 430:1, Mishna Brurah 430:1
  2. Mishna Brurah 429:2
  3. Mishna Brurah 430:1
  4. Halichot Shlomo (vol 1, 2:7)
  5. Rama 430:1. Buir Halacha D"H BeMincha quotes the Gra who didn't have the minhag to read the Hagadah on Shabbat.