[Avodah] Vihgadto Levincho

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, April 18, 2008 12:41 am, SBA wrote:
: Till what age (of the son)is this mitzvah? Eg, if the father is 70 and
: his son 50, is he still mechuyev to tell him about Yetzias Mitzrayim?

: And what in the case of the father an haaretz and the son is a TC?
: It doesn't make much sense to do so.

Isn't it a gezeiras hakasuv, and therefore beyond all this guesswork
about the point?

But perhaps the purpose is to hand it one generation to the next, and
it has to do with the shalsheles, not with who should be teaching who
in terms of personal merit. That would explain the "afilu kulanu
chakhamim..." aspect.


I was wondering about this chiyuv, once your question pushed me to the
gezeiras hakasuv idea. Why is there no haqpadah to go to your father's
home for Pesach? Isn't it the only way he can fulfil his chiyuv?
What's the matir for saying it's only if they are already at the table
rather than obligating us to go to his table?

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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