The Sabbath before Pessah is called "The Great Sabbath" (Shabbat Hagadol) after the last verse of the reading from the prophets (haftara) for that day: "Behold I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord" the day of Redemption (Malachi 3:23). It is certainly logical that Elijah the herald of the redemption features before Pessah, the "time of our freedom" and redemption from Egyptian servitude.
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