(JNS) The No. 4 features prominently at the Passover seder. We drink four cups of wine, and four questions are asked during the service, followed by the equally famous four sons. The types of children, each unique in their own way, as well as the questions of the Ma Nishtana have always fascinated me and taken up a large chunk of time at our seder discussions.
I would like to share one idea that links the two. According to one commentary, each of the sons corresponds to one of the questions, and in sequence, too.
The wise son corresponds to the first question, “Why on all nights of the year do we eat bread or matzah, but on this night we eat only matzah?” This is a very good question, and it takes someone in the know to ask it. The question is deeper than just the obvious. The sages ask how this “bread...
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