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Rabbi Joey Haber

Torah Lecture

Redemption In A Second!

Lectured by Rabbi Joey Haber

Published
March 25, 2026
Duration
1:45
Lecture code
Q1-JH1165

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When we hold up the matzah (unleavened bread), when we carry the matzah on the night of the seder (Passover ritual meal), we think that Hashem redeemed us. The fact that Hashem made us free. That's not the only thing the matzah captures. The matzah captures the fact that Hashem redeems us and makes us free in a minute, so fast that we can't even bake bread. That's what the matzah captures. It's not the fact that He redeems. It's not the fact that He brings the geulah (redemption). It's the fact that He brings the geulah quickly.

So every person sitting at that seder, whether the person was hoping Mashiach (Messiah) should have come already, or the person hoping for a job, or the person hoping for an income, or the person hoping for health, or the person hoping for marriage, or the person hoping for children, or the person hoping for friendships, or the person hoping for mental health, whoever that person is, or the person hoping for a child to come back on the path—whoever you are—we start off the seder by saying, “You know what happened in Mitzrayim? We were redeemed. We were freed in a minute. And you know what's going to happen when the Mashiach is going to come? He's going to come in a minute.” Even though we're halfway through Nisan, even though Passover started, you still need to believe. And so we start off the seder with the belief that is infused from us from Mitzrayim. And that is a note of encouragement to every single person sitting around this table. Every single person sitting around this table needs to know that next year—that means it can happen so quickly that everything you're worrying about is solved.