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

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Tue Apr 18 09:05:55 PDT 2023


On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:53:49PM -0400, Zvi Lampel wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 6:06???PM Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
>> And the rasha and the [she'eino yodeia lish'ol] get the same pasuq quoted
>> to them. Why does
>> the "[sy"l]" get "lakhem" without the midrashic elaboration "'lakhem' - velo
>> lo"?

> I'd say that concerning the sheh-ayni yodeia lish'ol, the main part of the
> pasuk is v'higadta l-bincha, which wasn't cited to the rasha...

I think my question would have been stronger had I turned it around and
made it about our response to the rasha:
How valid is the diyuq of "lakhem velo lo" when we are speaking to the
rasha is we are willing to overlook the distinction when talkin to the
sh'eino yodeia lish'ol?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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