Gm: "Da'agah b'lev ish yisheechena" (one p'shat): yiseechena l'achairim. By talking out one's problems, he gets handle on them. Beforehand, they overwhelm. But speech connects us to our eternal neshamas, so we become able to see that problems are finite and controllable. This is method we outgrow shibud Mitzrayim at seder - by being maschil bi'gnus. Similarly, viduy is manner through which we are able to recognize our chata'im are finite and not a part of our eternal neshamos.
Analysis of the Mishnah's laws regarding when to bring the charoset, matzah, and other Seder foods to the table, focusing on the dispute between Rashbam and Tosafos about whether the table is brought before or after karpas.
An exploration of how marriage resolves the fundamental tension of "Ein shnei malachim mishtamshim b'keser echad" (two kings cannot share one crown), using the story of Vashti and Achashverosh to illuminate the cosmic relationship between Hashem and Klal Yisrael.
