1. On what day and month was the Parah Adumah of Moshe Rabbeinu prepared?
2. The mazal of Adar is fish. What is the mazal of Nissan?
3. In the Yehi Ratzon we say after the Nossi, we say, “If I am from this-and-this shevet...” Do Kohanim and Leviyim say this (as well as a Yisroel who knows which shevet he comes from)? Why?
4. What is the connection between the first day of Pesach and a certain fast day?
5. What is burnt on Erev Pesach even though it is not chametz?
6. How is it possible to make a Borei Minei Mezonos on Pesach?
7. Who authored the Haggadah?
8. When did the Rebbe say three sichos in one day—after Shacharis, after Minchah, and after Maariv?
9. When did the Rebbe farbreng on bananas and water?
10. When did the Rebbe teach the niggun “Vehi She’amdah”?
11. The Torah calls the Yom Tov, "Chag Hamatzos — the Holiday of Matzos." One may wonder: We are only obligated to eat matzos on the first night of Pesach. So why does the Torah refer to all days of the Yom Tov with this title?
12. What change was there in the signature of the Rambam between the time he lived in Mitzrayim and when he lived in other countries?
13. Why isn’t the name of Moshe Rabbeinu not mentioned in the entire Haggada? (Besides one time when it is mentioned by-the-way, in the section “Rabi Yosi Haglili,” in a passuk brought.)
Answers
1. On 2 Nissan, in the second year after Yetzias Mitzrayim.
2. A lamb.
3. Yes, because he might have a neshamah from another shevet “attached” to his neshamah (Hayom Yom, 1 Nissan).
4. There is a siman known as א"ת ב"ש ג"ר ד"ק etc., that through knowing the day of the week of each day of Pesach, you can figure out when certain days throughout the year will occur (or occurred). א”ת stands for the first day of Pesach (א) and Tisha B’Av (ת), which always occur on the same day of the week. A hint for this is the possuk that says that the Korbon Pesach should be eaten together with matzah and maror: the maror alludes to the bitterness of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash. (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 428:3)
5. (1) There is a minhag to burn the lulav. (2) The Rama (445:3) writes that if you didn’t find any chametz, you should burn the spoon you used when searching.
6. On Acharon Shel Pesach, when you may eat gebroks.
7. The first place where we find a Haggadah arranged in a similar way to the way we know it is in the Siddur authored by Rav Amram Gaon. Parts of the Haggadah can be found in Mishnayos Pesachim ch. 10.
8. On Erev Pesach 5748. After Shacharis in his home, the Rebbe made a siyim on Shas and Rambam. After Minchah, again in his home, the Rebbe said another sichah, and after Maariv, before the seder, the Rebbe said a third sichah.
9. On Erev Pesach 5741, which that year fell out on Shabbos.
10. On the second day of Pesach 5715.
11. The Rebbe explains based on the Taz that even though the name “Chag Hamatzos” refers to the entire Yom Tov, it is primarily a title for the first day, when eating matzos is an obligation; and because of the first day, the title is extended to the rest of the days of Yom Tov, when eating matzos is voluntary.
12. When the Rambam would sign his name while he lived in Mitzrayim, he would write: “the writer, who transgresses 3 negative commandments every day.” It was in response to this that Rabbeinu Shmuel encouraged him, etc., as detailed in the previous answer.
13. Moshe Rabbeinu's name is not mentioned in the Haggada because Moshe was the humblest of men who walked the face of the earth. Thus it was his desire that his part in performing these great miracles not be publicized while we are praising Hashem, and Hashem fulfills the desires of those who fear him. This is why Moshe is not mentioned in the Haggada. — Chofetz Chayim
