אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים: חָכָם, רָשָׁע, תַּם וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאֹל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)