14 Nissan (Pesach)

Why doe the Haggada single out "Ain maftirim achar hapesach afikomen" we don't eat after the pesach afikomen as the one halacha listed that we tell the Chacham in response to his question? Seemingly it has no relevence to his question at all and is no more of an important halacha than any of the other ones!

13 Nissan (Pesach)

The passuk the Haggada uses to show "Vayareiu osunu hamitzrim" (and the Egyptians did bad to us) is "Hava nischakma lo, pen yirbeh vihaya ki sikrena milchama vinosaph gam hu al soneinu vinilcham banu viala min ha'aretz" (Let's deal cleverly with them, lest they multiply, and it will be when we have a war and they will join to our enemies and they will fight us and drive us up from the land). Why is that the passuk used to prove that they did bad to us? Wouldn't a passuk related to the evil decrees they actually made or related to the terrible things they did to us be a better passuk to quote?

12 Nissan (Pesach)

In the Ma Nishtana the second question is "Shebichol Haleilos unu ochlim shiar yerakos haleila hazeh marror" (on all other nights we eat other vegetables tonight- marror). Why does the child see anything strange about the choice of vegetables? We have karpas and marror so it should just look like we're having a random selection of vegetables! Also according to the Haggadas that have the girsah of Kulo marror, what does it mean we only have marror? We have whatever vegetable we use for Karpas!

11 Nissan (Pesach)

The Torah asks the Questions of the Chacham and the Rasha. The Chacham's question is asked in Devarim 6,20 "Ki yishalcha bincha machar leimor ma ha'aidus vihachukim vihamishpatim..." (When your son asks you tomorrow saying what are the testimonies and decrees and laws...). And the Rasha's question is in Shemos 12,26 "Vihaya ki yomru alaichem bineichem ma ha'avodah hazos lachem". (And it will be when your sons say to you what is this service to you?). The problem is why doesn't the haggada use the answer that the Torah gives of: for the Chacham: "Viamarta livincha Avadim hayinu liparoh... Vayiten Hashem osos umophsim... Viosanu hotzi... Vayitzavenu Hashem la'asos.... Utzdakkah tihyeh lanu..." (And you will say to your son we were servants to Pharaoh... And Hashem put signs and wonders... And we were taken out... And Hashem commanded us to do... And it will be a merit to us...) And for the Rasha: "Viamatem zevach pesach hu lahashem asher pasach... Ve'es bateinu hitzil" (And you will say it is a Pesach offering to Hashem that he passed over... And our households he saved). There's no reason seemingly for the Ba'al Haggada to not use the Torah's answer so why not use it. We're not going to Chas Veshalom say he's smarter than the Torah so how can the Haggada give a different answer?

9 Nissan (Pesach)

The Haggada says "Baruch Shomer Havtachaso Liyisrael..." (blessed is He who keeps his promise to the jews [to redeem them]...). Why are we praising Hashem for keeping his promise? Of course Hashem has to keep his promise, doing that doesn't deserve praise!

9 Nissan (Pesach)

The Haggada proves "Vayotzienu Hashem Mimitzraim- Lo Al Yedei Malach...Elah Hakadosh Baruch Hu Bichvodo Uvatzmo" (And Hashem took us out of Mitzraim- not through an angel...Rather it was Hashem in all his glory himself) from (Shemos 12,12)"Viavarti... Vihikeisi Kol Bechor.... Uvchol Elohei Mitzraim E'eseh Shfatim Ani Hashem" (And I will pass... And I will hit every first born... And in all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am Hashem). All that we see from there is that it was Hashem himself that killed the Egyptian first borns and destroyed the idols. That's not a proof that it was Hashem that took us out of Egypt so why do we try to prove from there?

6 Nissan (Pesach)

Why does it say in Davar Achar "alu eser makkos shehavi hakadosh Baruch hu al hamitzrim bimitzraim" (these are the 10 makkos that Hashem brought on the Egyptians in Egypt)? Of course the Egyptians are in Egypt! If its excluding the ones that aren't currently in Egypt than why shouldn't the ones that just left be punished for what they did? Also, if that's true, why didn't the other Egyptians just leave for a little bit until the makkos are done (we find the bechorim got into a major war with their fathers right before makkas bechoros that caused even more deaths than the makkah itself. Why not just take a quick vacation in Eretz Kena'an or something)?