הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם. כָּל דִכְפִין יֵיתֵי וְיֵיכֹל, כָּל דִצְרִיךְ יֵיתֵי וְיִפְסַח. הָשַּׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הָשַּׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין This is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Anyone who is hungry let them come and eat, anyone who is needy let them come and participate in Pesach. Now we are here, next year we will be in the land of Israel; this year we are slaves, next year we will be free. Chazal say, the end of something is always buried and hidden in the beginning. In the beginning of Maggid we have the strange paragraph of Ha Lachma Anya. It has been described as a declaration, an invitation and a prayer all in one. There are a plethora of questions on this short introductory paragraph: In contrast to the rest of the Haggadah Ha Lachma Anya is written in Aramaic. Why?
Ha Lachma Anya is placed in the beginning of Maggid, yet it seemingly has nothing to do with the story of Yetzias Mitzrayim. Why was it placed here?
Ha Lachma Anya would indicate that “this” is the bread that our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt, but this is not the bread that our forefathers ate in Mitzrayim, it's the food that they ate when they left Mitzrayim?
The Mogen Avraham paskens that the correct nusach would be K’ha Lachma Anya or Ha K’lachma Anya, this is “like” the bread that our forefathers ate… but says that if one says our nusach they have no
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