There appear to be no bounds to such historically based conjectures. Some of that resentment might have trickled down to Moses, who was both a Levite and the ruler of his people. Why was he removed only from the Passover Haggadah and not from other midrashic retellings of the exodus? As long as Moses was being lionized as a heroic freedom-fighter who achieved liberation against an oppressive regime, then the Jews were doomed to repeat their self-destructive cycle of failed insurrections and their demoralizing aftermaths.
Thus, by removing Moses from the story, the people were implicitly being urged to wait patiently for divine redemption instead of putting their faith in a mortal champion no matter how eminent. Well, take your choice. It would indeed be wonderful if we had a learned scholar at our seder table who could guide us through the maze of competing theories.
For further reading: Arnow, David. Avioz, Michael. Daube, David. Finkelstein, Louis. Goldin, Judah. Studies in the History of Religions Supplements to Numen Leiden: Brill, Moses: who was not allowed to enter the Promised Land because he acceded to the demands of the people and provided them with water? Moses: who is described by God as being the most humble of men?
So: What do we have in the Haggadah? We have little stories from various rabbis explaining all the traditions that make up the Passover service. In Israel it is taught that "The Rashi" was the greatest genius who ever lived, greater than Einstein Is that right? A man who thought that Keturah and Hagar were the same woman is more intelligent than Einstein? The written Torah clearly states that the god of Terach, the father of Abraham, was not the same as the God of Abraham; so then: How could have Abraham and Noah have worshiped the same God?
Is that so? Hardly, Moses said that the first teachers of the oral law if indeed there was such a thing , were to come to him if there was an issue too difficult for them to decide and then he would decide.
In other words: it was these first teachers of the oral law who needed to recognize the authority of Moses, not vice versa. If they had a case that was too difficult for them, they were to bring it to the priests.
No wonder the rabbis don't want you to know too much about Moses. The Ten Commandments. The story of Passover. Inside, there is a little scroll, but even this does not have the Ten Commandments.
How that helps people is anybody's guess? In my house I have the Ten Commandments on the door post. When I go out, I see them It reminds me of my obligations to God and that I am under his command. What does a mezuzah remind anyone of? What does it teach? Most people don't even know what is inside them One thing is for sure: Moses did not tell anyone to place a mezuzah on their door post and neither did God. God said place the Ten Commandments on your door post.
While very good Tirutzim, it does not sound as the reason for me. Also that contradicts the 7th Rambam's principle. Add a comment. The story would then revolve around Moshe; people will think that Moshe did all these things by himself, and they will not realize that it was all Yad Hashem that really saved them.
Even if the Haggadah would have only mentioned Moshe a little, people would still have thought that Moshe was a partner with G-d. Therefore, the only time that is does mention Moshe is where it says, "they had faith in Hashem and in Moshe, His servant," emphasizing that everything that happened was from Hashem and that Moshe was only His servant.
Why the downvotes? DoubleAA, the last paragraph has nothing to do with the question, and the middle paragraph seems wildly unlikely - they made such a decision for something said once or twice a year, but had no problem including Moshe in Birchas Krias Shemah said every day. Consider how many Jews read the former than the latter. The last paragraph indeed adds support to exactly your question on the second paragraph.
DoubleAA, I'm skeptical to put it mildly Chazal established the Nusach on such an assumption, or that at that time, the Nusach was even that well defined. Vague claims of polemics in one section that on its own terms only claims evidence for two of three points doesn't address something that wasn't even necessarily written at the same time.
Another section that specifically sought to downplay the claim that the only authentic text was 5 books would be one thing, but in fact the Haggada quotes almost nothing else. Show 1 more comment. Rabbi Norman Lamm gave over the following in a sermon in The question itself is one that Rabbi Soloveitchik relates to a Midrashic comment on the verse from the Song of Songs : "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him but I found him not.
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