The Weekly Shtikle - Va'eschanan

A very special Weekly Shtikle mazal tov to my nephew, Eliyohu Boruch Shonek and his wife, Tova (née Fine) upon their marriage this past Wednesday. Mazal tov to the extended Shonek and Bulka mishpachos.

Monday, the 15th of Av, marks the 15^th yahrtzeit of my Opa, Mr. George Jakobovits. This week's shtikle is dedicated le'iluy nishmaso, Tovia Yehudah ben Yoel, a"h.

 

I got a bit of a late(r) jump this week so I will throw out a question that has been bothering me lately – one which we have a whole 8 months to work on.

 

In the Haggadah Shel Pesach, we explore the diverse experience of the four sons, their questions – if they are able – and the answers we should be providing them. While three of the four sons have their source texts deriving from Shemos, the chacham is discussed in this week's parsha (6:20). The Torah lays out a very thorough response to give to the chacham, leading with the well-known phrase of "avadim hayinu." However, as beautiful as this answer is, it is not at all the answer we provide in the haggadah. Similar questions may be asked on some of the other sons but the contrast seems most glaring with the chacham. I did see that Malbi"m does address this in his haggadah. However, I am not able to fully grasp and paraphrase his approach at this time. I was wondering if this ever jumped out at anyone else and what other explanations anyone has to offer.

 

Have a good Shabbos.

Eliezer Bulka
WeeklyShtikle@weeklyshtikle.com

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