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עקידת יצחק — והגדת לבנך / והיה כי ישאלך בנך

Q (the cluster): Why does the Torah frame mitzvos of Pesach around a son's question — "מה העבודה הזאת לכם"? Why repeat the telling in several forms? Why bind the redemption so tightly to teaching children? A (the unifying chiddush): The point of recounting yetzias Mitzrayim to the children is to implant the foundations of emunah generation after generation — that God created, governs, and redeems.

ענין סיפור יציאת מצרים לבנים הוא לשרש בהם את יסודות האמונה דור אחר דור

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עקידת יצחק

Akeidat Yitzchak 38:1

Q — Why does the Torah frame mitzvos of Pesach around a son's question — "מה העבודה הזאת לכם"? Why repeat the telling in several forms? Why bind the redemption so tightly to teaching children?

A — The point of recounting yetzias Mitzrayim to the children is to implant the foundations of emunah generation after generation — that God created, governs, and redeems. The mitzvos of the night are structured as answers to differing sons precisely so each child receives the yesodos at his level. The redemption is tied to transmission because a one-time miracle saves a generation, but a miracle taught and re-enacted yearly founds a nation's enduring faith.

יבאר כי כמו שמציאות הטבע יעיד על אמתת מציאותו ית' כן ענין סדורו והריסתו יעיד על היותו פועל ברצון. והסימנים הנמסרים בזה האומר: ראשון הוא לכם לחדשי וגו' אשרי הגוי אשר וגו' (תהילים ל״ג:י״ב):

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