0146 - Chakira Regarding 'Leaning' on Pesach

00:01 Another time when the Bochrim used the opportunity to ask questions through Rashag by the meal of the Rebbe was Pesach Tov Shin Chof Tes. The question was that the Alter Rebbe in Shulchan Aruch, Siman Tov Ha'im Beis, when he writes the reason why the Chachamim were mesaking four cups of wine by the Seder Pesach night. So he says because there are four loshenish of geulah, four expressions of geulah in Parshas Va'eira. And the Alter Rebbe lists them, v'heitzeisi, v'goalti, v'lokachti, v'hitzalti. But when you look in Chumash, the order is different. The Chumash order is v'heitzeisi, v'hitzalti, v'goalti, v'lokachti. So they told Rashag if he could ask the Rebbe why the Alter Rebbe changed the Seder. So the first day of Pesach by the meal, this is Tov Shin Chof Tes, Rashag asked this the Rebbe. He said to him that there were some Bochrim who have this question. And he told him the question. So the first thing the Alter Rebbe said, I didn't, the Rebbe said, I didn't know that the Bochrim are so medayak. But then he said, I'm going to talk about it by the Farbrengen. So that night, means the second night of Pesach by the Farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about it. And the Rebbe explained it Al Pichsidus, whole Inyan Al Pichsidus, why the Alter Rebbe had to change the Seder. Then Shabbos Parshas Shemini, the Rebbe spoke about it again. And this time he explained it Al Pinigle, Parshas Al Pinigle, why the Alter Rebbe changed the Seder. And

01:17 the whole Sikha was based on a Hekira that the Rebbe had concerning the mitzvah of Haseiba. The fact that the Chachamim said that you have to drink the four cups of wine leaning, that you have to eat the matzah leaning, the Afikoman leaning. So the Rebbe had a Hekira. Is the Pshat that Haseiba is a din in these mitzvahs? In other words, Chachamim said that these mitzvahs have to be done by Haseiba. So it's a prat, a detail in these mitzvahs. Or Haseiba is an Inyan for itself. And they said this Inyan of Haseiba you should do during these mitzvahs. And the Rebbe went on the whole Arikes of what is the difference between two sides, et cetera, et cetera. Later on in Tov Shin Lamed Gimel, this was prepared as a Likut for that Shabbos for the Rebbe to be Maggia. And that went into Likut HaSichas later on, Chelek Yud Aleph, Parshas Va'eira. This whole Arikes, this whole Bier of the Rebbe Al Pinigle and the Bier Al Pichsidus. After the Farbrengen, when the Rebbe spoke about it on Shabbos Parshas Shemini, so a Bocher who used to come sometimes to my Shiur Pichsidus, he didn't come every, always, but the Shiur Pichsidus I used to give in RJJ, outside in the different place, but it's for the Bocherim of RJJ, he used to come sometimes. So a while later after the Farbrengen, he comes to me and he says that he wrote to the Rebbe saying that the Briskerov, Rebbe Elvel of

02:32 Brisker, also has the Hekira and talks about it by Arikes in one of his Svarim. So he said the Rebbe answered him that probably the Sefer of Rebbe Elvel of Brisker was printed lately. In other words, had it been printed a while ago, the Rebbe would have seen it. But the Stamet was printed lately, that's why the Rebbe didn't see it. So it seems from here that all Svarim that would come out, the Rebbe would see. But in this case, since it was probably printed lately, so the Rebbe didn't get a chance to see it. But otherwise, the Rebbe would have seen the Hekira by Rebbe Elvel of Brisker.