Abundant Storytelling and Torah Shebaal Peh
הז ירה רפסל הברמה לכו חבושמ We suggest that the source of this line is found in the plague of הברא Locusts. In the beginning of Parshas Bo, the Torah says ינזאב רפסת ןעמלו יכ םתעדיו םב יתמש רשא יתותוא תאו םירצמב יתללעתה רשא תא ךנב ןבו ךנב אני ה'.
We don't believe that the only reason why this Makkah was designated for fathers to relate the story of yetzias Mitrayim because it has in its name the lashon of ריבוי an abundance of speech.
There is something unique about this Makkah that is not shared with any other and that is that Moshe chose the plague without Hashem telling him to do so. This is called the תורה שבעל פה in contrast to conduct yourself under Hashem's directives which would fall into the category of.תורה שבכתב The source of תורה שבעל פה originates in the hearts of the Talmidei Chchamim, a heart that is gushing forth a fountain of הארי ואהבת השי"ת . Rav Tzadok from Lublin writes that this is the reason why the gemarah uses the word אליביה which literally means towards the heart, when wanting to convey an opinion of a Taana or Amorah. It's all about the purity of heart that brings out the Torah שבעל פה .
The mitzvah of Sippur Mitzrayim is not just to read the Haggadah even with stories and commentaries, but rather to get one's heart and emotion involved. One should not be satisfied with the script alone and say to himself wow I finished. Chazal say that one should fall asleep while talking about Yetzias Mitzrayim because no matter how much gratitude and emunah one has this night there is always more that one can feel and say if he opens his heart and then speaks it out. The Haggadah is only a guide line and we have to read between the lines or get sefarim that speak out the 50 miracles at Yam Suf and Medrashim that talk in greater detail about the servitude, the makkos and the geulah. At the Seder one must strive to be a תורה שבעל פה Yid and not only a תורה שבכתב , just like Moshe in the maakah of הברא. Even asking stimulating questions to your children and attempting to give your own creative answers is part and parcel of fulfilling the mitzvah of םירצמ תאיצי רופיס.
