לַ אוּה םיִרֻמִּשׁ ליֵלה' ...:םָתֹרֹדְל לֵאָרְשִׂי יֵנְבּ לָכְל םיִרֻמִּשׁ פי"ב פמ"ב
For all their generations... (12:42)
The Rashbam explains this Possuk as follows. Klall Yisroel awaits this night of Pesach to celebrate it according to all its Mishpotov - laws.
לֵאָרְשִׂי יֵנְב יֵתָּבּ לַע חַסָפּ רֶשֲׁא 'הַל אוּה חַסֶפּ חַבֶז םֶתְּרַמֲאַו :וּוֲחַתְּשִׁיַּו םָעָה דֹקִּיַּו ליִצִּה וּניֵתָּבּ תֶאְו םִיַרְצִמ תֶא וֹפְּגָנְבּ םִיַרְצִמְבּ ז"כפ ב"י קרפ תומש רפס
You shall say: “It is a meal of deliverance performed through a halting passing over dedicated to G-D, Who Paused as He passed over the houses of The Children of Israel in Mitzrayim (Egypt) when He struck Mitzrayim mortally and rescued our houses!” And the people bowed and prostrated themselves.
Asks R’ Moshe Leib Sasover ZY”A why does the Possuk say that Hashem paused - passed over on the houses of the Yidden with the phrase “Al Botei Bnei Yisroel - on the houses of the Jews”. Should it say that Hashem passed over the homes of the Jews? Says R’ Moshe Leib of Sasov that when Hashem went through Mitzrayim during Makas Bechoros and He passed over the house of a Jew He danced on the house, “This is the house of a Yid”. When R’ Moshe Leib was at the table of The Rebbe R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk and he said this Vort he (R’ Moshe Leib) burst into an enthusiastic dance on the table “Doh Voint ah Yid, Doh Voint ah Yid - here lives a Jew, referring to the great Tzaddik (and his elevated holiness).
A Jewish home is a dwelling place of the Shechinoh (Divine presence). Many Seforim say that when Moshiach comes, homes that attained the status of a Mikdosh Mi’at by filling them with Torah and Mitzvos will also go to Eretz Yisroel, just as Shuls they too are a dwelling place of the Shechinoh.
Reb Elya Lopian ZY”A would say that one who eats with the intention to gain energy to serve Hashem, his meal is honored as a Seudas Mitzvoh.
The Mishnoh in Avos 3:4 says three that eat and do not say Divrei Torah it is as if they had eaten from sacrifices of the dead, but three that sit on one table and speak words of torah it is as if they ate from the table of Hashem.
The Rebbe of Parshischa ZY”A once asked his disciples; had it not been already said by Hashem that the Jews will be in bondage in Egypt. Therefore, why did Hashem bring the makos on Paroh? To which he answered that the Jews do all the commandments to fulfill the will of Hashem with fear and fondness. Not so Paroh that slaved and tortured the Jews because of his own evilness and wickedness, and he did not say I am doing this for the sake of Hashem. No LiSheim Yichud was said! From this we can learn that by being Mamlich (carnation - crowning) Hashem on all our actions we are elevating them to be Mitzvos, the will of Hashem and we are thus glorifying the name of Hashem in this world.
As a result, our homes are not mundane dwellings, but rather houses of spiritual elevation, on which Hashem rejoices “Here lives a Yid!”
The reason we eat Morror (bitter herbs) at the Seder is that the very bitterness experienced by Klall Yisroel was the beginning of the redemption - had they not sensed the bitter taste of the exile, they would not have wanted to be redeemed.
Chidushei HaRim
