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ין. ִ י חֹורֵנ ְ ה ּב ָ ּת ַ ינּו. עִי ָ ינּו הִי ָ ים ה ִ ד ָ ב ֲ ע
Avadim hayinu hayinu. Ata b’nei chorin.
We were once slaves. Now we are free.
We were slaves to Pharaoh, and God took us of there with a strong
hand and outstretched arm. Had God not brought our ancestors out of
captivity, then even today we and our children and our grandchildren
would still be slaves. Even if we were all wise, knowledgeable scholars and
Torah experts, we would still be obligated to tell the story of the Exodus.
} The Four sons } Arbaah Habanimׁארבעה הבנים
In four different passages the Bible commands that we instruct our
children about the Exodus.
"Why this reiteration?" asked the teachers of the Tradition. Because
there are different kinds of children - different kinds of people - with
different attitudes and abilities
ים ִנָ ה ב ָ ע ָ ּב ְ ד ַאר ֶ ג ֶנְ רּוְך הּוא. ּכ ָ ל, ּב ֵ א ָ ר ְ ׂשִּמֹו י ַ ע ְ ה ל ָ ן ּתֹור ַ ת ָּנ ֶ רּוְך ׁש ָ רּוְך הּוא. ּב ָ קֹום, ּב ָ ּמ ַ רּוְך ה ָ ּב
אֹול. ְ ׁש ִל ַ ע ֵ ינֹו יֹוד ֵ א ֶ ד ׁש ָ ח ֶ אְם, ו ָ ד ּת ָ ח ֶ אְע, ו ָ ׁש ָ ד ר ָ ח ֶ אְם, ו ָ כ ָ ד ח ָ ח ֶ ה. א ָה ּתֹור ָ ר ְ ּב ִ ּד
Baruch hamakom, baruch hu. Baruch shenatan torah l'amo yisra-eil, baruch hu.
K'neged arba-ah vanim dib'rah torah. Echad chacham, v'echad rasha, v'echad
tam, v'echad she-eino yodei-a lishol.
The Torah speaks of four types of children: one is wise, one is wicked, one
is simple, and one does not know how to ask.