The Maharal’s Haggadah
Rabbi James Kennard enjoys using Maharal’s Haggadah on Seder night.
Like Maharal’s forensic examination of the words of Chazal across Tanach, his profound ideas that he derives from the words of the Great Sages likewise shows through in the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim as he explains the surprising meaning of לַחְמָא עַנְיָא: why there are four children – not more or less; and why there are 15 stages in דַּיֵּנוּ.
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Rabbi Kennard has won fame as a leader and educator in both the UK and Australia and is known as a dynamic speaker, whose lectures and public addresses attract young and old alike. Rabbi Kennard was born in London, studied Mathematics at Oxford University and attended Yeshivat Hamivtar in Israel. He has served as a Student Counsellor, and Principal of schools in Manchester, London, and Melbourne. Rabbi Kennard and his wife made Aliya in 2024 and live in Ramat Beit Shemesh.