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Responses to the Chacham and Tam
Menachem Ben Yashar provides a fascinating answer here, very summarized as follows:
The Yerushalmi's version was written during the time of the Beis Hamikdash, and thus, there was a real Halachic ...
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Responses to the Chacham and Tam
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said, “Whoever teaches his grandson Torah is regarded as if he had received the Torah from Mount Sinai as it is said, ‘Teach your children and children’s children,’ and then it ...
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Why is the wicked son sanctioned for doing what the wise son does?
While many answers have been suggested to this question over the years, a simple answer may be that the question is based on textual variants.
The Text of the Haggada
The question is premised on the ...
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The Chacham, the Rasha, the She'eino Yodeya Lish'ol, and... What's that other son again?
The answer is that the basic premise of the question that there are four discrete children, and all the Midrashim refer to "the same child", is baseless.
In reality, the pashut peshat is that the ...
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The Chacham, the Rasha, the She'eino Yodeya Lish'ol, and... What's that other son again?
At the same source I quoted in Responses to the Chacham and Tam (Please go read the article I quote, it's absolutely fantastic!), he provides a fascinating answer to this question as well.
Being ...
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Why is the wicked son sanctioned for doing what the wise son does?
I believe I heard the following answer from my grandmother, but it is originally quoted here in the name of the Chacham Tzvi's grandson (h/t to Alex):
The Chacham has been learning in Yeshiva for ...
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How do we know the rasha would not have been redeemed?
Artscroll's The Answer Is... brings several answers to this question:
MA'ASEH NISSIM: The Haggadah does not say that he would not have left Egypt, but rather that he would not have been redeemed....
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