[Avodah] A Variation on the Four Sons

[Cantor Wolberg via Avodah]

Zev Sero wrote:
Actually they are not the questions of any of the first three sons. They are the questions that the father prompts the fourth son to ask.

If you carefully read my posting, you will see that I never wrote they are the questions of the first three sons.
I wrote they are the questions of the SIMPLE son.
What is your source that they are the questions "that the father prompts the fourth son to ask?"



> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> 
> On 27/03/17 21:06, Cantor Wolberg via Avodah wrote:
>> We might ask at the Seder — whose questions
>> are the “fier kashes”? Are they the questions of
>> the wise son, wicked son or simple son? Upon
>> examination, they are the questions of the simple
>> son for these are simple questions. These are
>> questions of “mah zot.” “What is this?” They are
>> simple questions of what and why.
> 
> Actually they are not the questions of any of the first three sons. They are the questions that the father prompts the fourth son to ask.
> 
> -- 
> Zev Sero                May 2017, with its *nine* days of Chanukah,
> zev at sero.name           be a brilliant year for us all

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