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If you look in Rash”i on the pasuk where it says we eat matzos because of the rush (Ki B’Chipazom) when we left Mitzrayim (Parshas Re’eh-I think) he says something incredible. You know why we eat Matza every year? NOT because of US, that WE rushed out, but it was the HASTE OF THE MITZREEYIM RUSHING US OUT that we commemorate. This is simply a Peleh! Why should we have to remember the Mitzreeyim rushing us out, every year Pesach time??
The answer is because it is all part of the Nes. All part of that incredible time of Divine Miracles and Gilui Shechina, where open undeniable acts of G-d were mete out onto the Mitzreeyim, and we witnessed Hashem in ways never seen by Mankind-ever! Mitzrayim was a place of impossible escape. Besides for the cruel powerful Egyptian Masters who watched over us, they set up (through magical incantations) wild beast to protect every gate to the city, making every possible escape route, dangerous and frightening.
Now, imagine if someone tells a yid, “you know, in a few monthes time, you will be walking out of here, whistling a tune happily, together with your family, and nobody will even try to stop you.” Impossible!
“Not only that but you will have donkeyloads worth million$ in gold and silver, from your Egyptian masters”! Laughably impossible!
“Not only that, but the Mitzreeyim will be RUSHING you to get out of their land, begging you to hurry and leave!” Just crossed the utter stupidity line.
Well, that’s what Hashem can do! He can make the impossible POSSIBLE, the sheer stupidity of a situation -REALITY, He can, and still can, do things that we would only dare to dream of. He can take the Iron Curtain, for example, and rip it down, He can wipe out nations that seek to destroy jews, with a mere flick, k’voyochol. That’s something that should be remembered EVERY SINGLE YEAR! WHEN WE EAT MATZAH, WE MUST BELEIVE THAT NO MATTER WHAT TERRIBLE SITUATION WE ARE FACED WITH, HASHEM CAN NEVERTHELESS CREATE THE POSSIBLE FROM THE IMPOSSIBLE, AND TURN DREAMS INTO REALITY. May we be zoiche to see the Final Geula become a reality, k’heref ayin, amen.