2 Divrei Torah for Pesach

1) "My great-great grandfather won the Grand Prize in the lottery" is
never said with as much enthusiasm as "I won the Grand Prize in the
lottery".

In the Haggada we say "(On Pesach night) the more one tells about the
Exodus, the more he is praiseworthy." In general, the more one does a
mitzva, the better it is, so why is it mentioned specifically in reference
to telling about the Exodus? Possibly an answer is that we have another
concept on Pesach of " In every generation everyone is obligated to view
himself as being liberated from Egypt". The more I elaborate about the
Exodus, the more it shows that I view myself as being freed from Egypt!!

2) A few years ago, Coke (I think) had a wordless picture advertisement
in Saudi Arabia. The first scene was a miserably thirsty looking man. The
second was a man drinking a Coke, and the third was the man looking very
happy. The ad was a big flop because Arabic (like Hebrew) is read right to
left, and not left to right !!

When we read the Torah (Shemos 14:9-27) it seems like the Egyptians
chased the Jews, the Jews prayed, and G-d saved them. The reality was,
according to the Medrash Rabba (Shemos 21:5), different. "G-d wanted to hear
the prayers of the Jews and it wasn't forthcoming, so he 'sent' the
Egyptians, and then they prayed." (Not that G-d needs our prayers; to the
contrary, our praying is good for us, because it brings us closer to G-d,
which is our raison d'etre, reason for existence.)

Let's have G-d hear our prayers of thanks, so He won't have to hear our
calls of distress !!

Have a Chag Kosher veSameach !!

Rabbi Chaim Flom

Is there any written language which is not read other than top to bottom?

As far as I know, no language is read from the bottom up. Oriental languages go top down, and left across.(ie The first column read on extreme left side, is down, and then the one to the right of it is read down etc)
Take care.
Rabbi Flom