לשנה הבאה בני חורין
The gemarah says that one of the six questions that the Beis Din shel maalah will ask each neshamah that comes before them is צפית לישועה did you hope and yearn for the final geulah. Number one we must clarify where is there an obligation to do so. If we are asked such a question then it must be a chiyuv. Number two: It really doesn't specify how many times one is required to fulfill this obligation which is seemingly in the heart. Nusach Sefard adds in their Shemoneh Esrai םויה לכ וניוק ךתעושיל יכ ומצפים לישועה. They say it three times a day. Here people might verbally fulfill מצפים לישעוה but if you have not involved your heart which is the essence together with your words, then that is not called hoping for Mashiach.
The night of the Seder is called ליל שימורים לכל בני ישראל לדורותם Rashi learns שימורים מן המזיקים it's watched that no negative damaging forces should contact Yisrael. But another Rashi learns that שימורים means to wait for, hoping for something to happen (Shmos 12,42) Hashem was anxiously waiting for the night that he would fulfill His promise to redeem Yisrael from Galus Mitzrayim. This lashon of שמר is found in the passuk ואביו שמר את הדבר that Yaakov was hoping and waiting for the day that the dreams of Yosef would be fulfilled.
The Megaleh Amukos writes that Mitzrayim is not counted as one of the Four Galiyos. The reason being, that it is the שורש of the other four. He writes that this concept is hinted in the passuk תמיו םהה םיברה םימיב יהיו םירצמ ךלמ (Shmos 2,23). The acronym of the word םיבר hints to the four exiles ר ימוב לבי ןומ יד. That is why the Torah mentions םירצמ תאיצי more that 50 times and associated many mitzvos such as Shabbos Tefilin Mezuzos Tzitzis with it. That we should say to ourselves that if Hashem can redeem us from the core source galus, he can surely bring the geulah to us from each of the four galuyos. And just like Hashem was waiting and
