Four sons: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. The four types of sons (described in the Haggadah: clever, wicked, innocent and simpleton)

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Four sons: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. The four types of sons (described in the Haggadah: clever, wicked, innocent and simpleton)

Four sons: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. The four types of sons (described in the Haggadah: clever, wicked, innocent and simpleton)

By analogy: four approaches or worldviews. Four types of people or perspectives in approaching commandments or the study of Judaism, as mentioned in the Passover Haggadah: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask.

("Concerning four sons the Torah speaks: one wise, one wicked, one simple, and one who does not know how to ask"—Passover Haggadah. And also: "Said the wicked: My father, my father, / I do not wish to show mercy, / for my tear has dried, and my heart has hardened / when I see what is done to you"—Leah Goldberg. Concerning four sons, the wicked, and also: "And among them he found not even one worthy to sit on his father's throne. One wicked, one simple, and one who does not know how to ask, and only the wise one, for some reason, delayed being born"—H. Beer / To the Place Where the Wind Goes, 425)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים: חָכָם, רָשָׁע, תַּם וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאֹל

Definition (Hebrew)

אַרְבָּעָה סוּגֵי אֲנָשִׁים, כְּפִי שֶׁמֻּזְכָּר בַּהַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח: חָכָם, רָשָׁע, תָּם וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאֹל. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אַרְבַּע גִּישׁוֹת אוֹ תְּפִיסוֹת עוֹלַם.

("כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים דְּבָרָהּ תּוֹרָה. אֶחָד חָכָם, וְאֶחָד רָשָׁע, וְאֶחָד תָּם, וְאֶחָד שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאֹל"-הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח, וְכֵן:"אָמַר הָרָשָׁע: אָבִי אָבִי,/ אֵינֶנִּי חֵפֶץ לְרַחֵם,/ כִּי יָבְשָׁה דִּמְעָתִי, וְיִקְשֶׁה לְבָבִי/ בִּרְאוֹתִי מֶה עָשׂוּ לָכֶם"- לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים, רָשָׁע, וְכֵן:"וְלֹא מָצָא בֵּינֵיהֶם גַּם אֶחָד שֶׁרָאוּי לָשֶׁבֶת עַל כֵּס אָבִיו. אֶחָד רָשָׁע וְאֶחָד תָּם וְאֶחָד שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאֹל, וְרַק הֶחָכָם בּוֹשֵׁשׁ, מִשּׁוּם מֶה, לְהִוָּלֵד"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 425)

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