Hello,

In class today, we were asked which one of the four sons of the hagadah did we think we relate more to. Let me explain them to you first:

חכם: The smart one who says ” “What is the meaning of the laws and traditions God has commanded?” The hagadah we use states this: “You should teach them all the laws and traditions of Passover, to the very smallest and last details.”

רשע:  The wicked one asks: “What does this ritual mean to you?” The Hagadah that we use states this “By using the expression ‘to you’ he/her excludes himself from his people and denies gods. Shake his arrogance and say to him/her and say ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt…’ ‘For Me’ and not for him — for had he been in Egypt, he/her would not have been freed”

תם: The simple one who asks: “What is all of this?”  The Hagadah we use States: “You should tell him/her It was with a mighty hand that the Lord took us out of Egypt, out  of house bondage,”

שאינו יודע לשאול: The one who doesn’t know how to ask, the hagadah we use states that “you should open the discussion for him/her as it is written:  You should say ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I cam out of Egypt”.

From reading a מדרש, it says that these four sons where: שאינו יודע לשאול – babies, תם – A child who keeps learning, רשע – A teenager with grumpy attitude, חכם – The adults. — The Midrash explains the four stages in life–

The one I think I relate to somewhere in between תם because I keep learning but also חכם because I am really smart

Here is a picture of what I think they look like:

Who do you think you identify with, Comment below!

Peace out

עם ישראל חי