Today, 10 Nissan, in the year 2449, the Jews in Egypt selected lambs for their Pessach sacrifice.
Forty years later, on 10 Nissan, the prophetess Miriam - sister of Aaron and Moshe - died.
A year later on 10 Nissan, the Jews crossed the Jordan river, as recorded in Joshua 3-4.
The Jews in Egypt were commanded to take home a lamb for their pre-Exodus Seder on 10 Nissan, four days before it was going to be sacrificed.
It was a miracle that the Egyptians didn't harm the Jews when they did this, since lambs were considered sacred objects in Egypt.
Since we left Egypt on Thursday 15 Nissan, this miracle happened on a Shabbat. To commemorate this miracle, the Shabbat before Pessach is called Shabbat Hagadol - the Great Shabbat - and a special Haftara is read; the last chapter in Malachi which predicts the future redemption, may we merit it speedily in our days.
The custom is to read the narrative section of the Haggada - from Avadim Hayinu (we were slaves) until (but not including) Rabban Gamliel's admonition to say "Pesach, Matza and Marror" - at Mincha on Shabbat Hagadol.
Source: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 430
שַׁבָּת שֶׁלִפְנֵי הַפֶסַח קוֹרִין אוֹתוֹ שַׁבָּת הַגָּדוֹל, מִפְנֵי הַנֵּס שֶׁנַּעשָׂה בּוֹ.
הגה: וְהַמִּנְהָג לוֹמַר בְּמִנְחָה הַהַגָּדָה, מִתְּחִלַּת עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ עַד לְכַפֵּר עַל כָּל עֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ; וּפוֹסְקִים לוֹמַר בָּרְכִי נַפְשִׁי.
Shabbat Shalom
- Danny Schoemann
Thursday, 10 Nissan 5784
Please daven for the full recovery of the wounded soldier
מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּיילָא
לרפואה שלמה
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