Our redemption from Mitzrayim can be characterized by the word "haste." We left in a hurry as the passuk says " It was reported to Pharaoh that the people had fled ; and Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, What is this that we have done, that we have released Israel from serving us? " (Shemos 14:5). Our Matzah couldn't bake into bread because of the rush that we were in. " They baked the dough that they had taken out of Egypt as unleavened cakes, for it had not leavened, for they were driven out of Egypt, and they could not tarry , and also, they had not made provisions for themselves. " (Shemos 12:39) In our Parsha we are taught that the Korban Pesach itself was eaten in haste. " And so you shall eat it: your hips girdled, your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hands. Eat it in haste; it is a Passover offering to God ." (Shemos 12:11) What is the message we are meant to glean from the fact that we left Mitzrayim in a hurried fashion? Furthermore, the Torah employs very strange language in describing how we are to eat the Korban Pesach. What does it mean to have our hips girdled, shoes on our feet and a staff in our hands? The Torah is timeless. What do these phrases mean to us? Going for Speed The Lubavitcher Rebbe of blessed memory taught a beautiful explanation with regards to all of these questions. “ Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. ” ~ John Lennon In Judaism, it is just the opposite. Our life
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