Pesach was approaching quickly and everyone was preparing for the holiday. Once two Jewish beggars were traveling together. One beggar told the other to go to the shul (synagogue), and the Jewish householders would have pity on him and invite him to a seder.
And so it was, both beggars were invited to seders. The evening started with Kiddush, and the one beggar thought to himself, “Good wine means good food.” As the seder continued to karpas, the beggar was given a green vegetable and thought, “Wine now a piece of salad, this is going to be a great meal.” The seder progressed as there was much discussion until it came to the part of matzah. The beggar was given a piece of matzah, and thought, “Thank goodness the meal is about to begin.” After eating the matzah, the beggar was given a piece of maror (bitter herb – horseradish) which burned his mouth and made his eyes water. He jumped up from the table and ran out the door.
“How was your Seder?” asked one beggar to the other. The unhappy beggar then told him what had happened. They gave me 2 cups of wine, a sprig of parsley, a dried cracker (matzah) and hot stuff. It was torture so got up and left!”
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“Fool!” replied the one beggar to the other. “If you had waited just a little longer, you would have had a fine meal, as I had.”
The same is true when we want to come close to G-d. After all the effort to begin, we are given a little bitterness. This bitterness is needed to purify the body. But we might think that this bitterness is all there is to serving G-d, so we run away from it. This is a mistake. If we would only wait just a short while — if we would allow ourselves to be purified – then we would experience every joy and delight in the world in our closeness to G-d.
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Thank you for your article post.Really thank you! Really Great.
Rabbi,
I enjoy this passover story, it is always entertaining to think what such a dinner must look like and seem when you know absolutely nothing about the Seder.
In tradition with Judaisms ability to ask questions, i have a question about the Seder I wish to ask.
I ponder; every year when the Seder comes around, we talk of the four children; the wise child, the wicked child, the simpleton, and the one who does not know how to ask a question.
when we bring up the wicked son we talk about how he asks “What does this story mean to you”…I ponder…is that exactly what he asks…in the way its worded it sounds like he is not excluding himself from the story but wants to know what you think.
its like asking what does the moral of Moby Dick means to you. Its not an exclusive sentence…but a curiosity of what you take away from they story. I relate this in a way to the old cliche of “Think out of the box”. Well people tend to have a difficult time thinking beyond the simplicity of what they know, and they need a nudge in the right direction to see something outside of their own little box.
Basically my question in its blunt form is…what does the wicked child more literally ask? …we know things are lost in translation has the wording been altered from its actual form…
my other question is if the translation is correct…is it not the wording of the sentence itself but the concept of excluding oneself that is desired to be expressed through the child?
Well, I hope you enjoy my question, enjoy the rest of your passover.