[Avodah] The Wise Son vs the Wicked Son and the word "you"

[Zvi Lampel]

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> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:06:51 -0500
> From: Brent Kaufman <cbkaufman at gmail.com>
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> ZL: >>It doesn't read like that. He is
> >>belittling the idea of performing the avodah by asking "What is this to
> >>you?"
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> I think you are reading the 'belittling' part into the question where it
> isn't there. ... The reason we know he's a rasha is only because the
> narrator
> tells us that he is upfront.
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> Chaimbaruch Kaufman
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 I agree. I meant that that is how the narrator is taking it. As I
mentioned, the pasuk in context is certainly not taking the question or its
framer as being offensive or confrontational.

Zvi Lampel

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