| Today is: Thursday, Kislev 5, 5772 · December 1, 2011
• Passing of Maharsha (1631)
Kislev 5 is the yahrtzeit (date of the passing) of Rabbi Shemuel Eliezer Eidel's (1555-1631), known by the acronym "Maharsha". Rabbi Shmuel authored a highly regarded and widely used commentary on the Talmud and its primary commentaries, Rashi and Tosfot.
In the Haggadah, the "wicked son" is told that "if he were there, he would not have been redeemed." The emphasis is on "there" -- there, in Egypt, before G-d's unequivocal choosing of His people, those who did not desire to be redeemed died during the plague of darkness. In the Future Redemption however, not a single Jew will be left behind
- The Lubavitcher Rebbe
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