Targum Jonathon comments that we “flew on clouds like eagles’ wings” to eat the pesach sacrifice on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on the night of the exodus, then returned to Egypt before the actual departure. Where is this miracle mentioned in the Haggadah? In the Wise Son’s question.
Topics: G-d gets closer to us on Pesach night (as opposed to us having to get closer to Him); What is so wise about what the chacham asks?; chacham’s actual question: “If we do not need to do anything to get redeemed — just like the original Jews who did not need to do anything to get redeemed during that first Pesach night– then why are we engaging in this elaborate seder ceremony to get redeemed? Answer: Although G-d gives us a little gift (the redemptive energy of the night as manifested through the elaborate seder), after the desert (aphikoman), the gift is over, and we have to work for the rest. Travel on “eagles’ wings” to Jerusalem is a gift/vision/goal; the fifth cup of wine — Elijah’s Cup — references the miraculous trip to the Temple Mount on that first night.