{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "why-night-four-children-and-five-rabbis", "title": "Why This Night: Four Children and Five Rabbis", "author": "Trisha Arlin", "author_handle": "trisha-arlin", "author_initials": "TA", "covertext": "So this is Maggid,The part of the seder where we tell the storyOf leaving Egypt.Actually,We spend more time talking abou...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104255/conversions/427104_3944641507067_89030070_n%20-%20Version%202-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104255/427104_3944641507067_89030070_n%20-%20Version%202.jpeg", "body": "<span>So this is Maggid,</span><p><span>The part of the seder where we tell the story</span></p><p><span>Of leaving Egypt.</span></p><p><span>Actually,</span></p><p><span>We spend more time talking about talking about the story</span></p><p><span>Then telling the actual story.</span></p><p><span>Very meta is our haggadah,</span></p><p><span>With many numbers,</span></p><p><span>Lots of fours:</span></p><p><span>Four questions</span></p><p><span>Four cups of wine</span></p><p><span>Four children, </span></p><p><span>Four ways of asking,</span></p><p><span>Why is this night different from all other nights?</span> </p><p><span>The first child, </span></p><p><span>Book smart.</span></p><p><span>The wise child</span></p><p><span>Knows all the rules.</span></p><p><span>He's direct,</span></p><p><span>No messin' around,</span></p><p><span>This is what you do on Pesach:</span></p><p><span>Tell the story</span></p><p><span>Dip the herbs</span></p><p><span>Recline</span></p><p><span>Drink four cups</span></p><p><span>Don't eat leavened bread</span></p><p><span>Ask the questions</span></p><p><span>Know the answers.</span></p><p><span>It's obvious. </span></p><p><span>Duh.</span> </p><p><span>The second child,</span></p><p><span>A smart ass,</span></p><p><span>Smart and an ass.</span></p><p><span>Doesn't care about the rules</span></p><p><span>Unless she knows what they're for,</span></p><p><span>She wants meaning</span></p><p><span>And is kind of obnoxious about it</span></p><p><span>Because sometimes it's hard to ask the next logical question</span></p><p><span>Without annoying someone.</span></p><p><span>What does this story mean to you? she asks.</span></p><p><span>And it comes off as a challenge, but it's not.</span></p><p><span>She really wants to know:</span></p><p><span>What does it mean?</span></p><p><span>So you tell her,</span></p><p><span>Freedom </span><span>to be who you are,</span></p><p><span>To make choices, </span><span>to seek God whether you find God or not,</span></p><p><span>To become a person and then a people,</span></p><p><span>To ask questions.</span> </p><p><span>The third child,</span></p><p><span>A beginner,</span></p><p><span>Doesn't know what to do</span></p><p><span>Doesn't know why we're doing it</span></p><p><span>Doen't know that he doesn't know.</span></p><p><span>A baby!</span></p><p><span>So you say to him,</span></p><p><span>We tell a really good story</span></p><p><span>With a beginning middle and end</span></p><p><span>And a hero</span></p><p><span>And a villian</span></p><p><span>And miracles and dancing and bugs and dead cows and blood,</span></p><p><span>You'll love it!</span></p><p><span>And this is why we tell the story:</span></p><p><span>So we don't forget we were slaves,</span></p><p><span>So we don't forget what God did for us,</span></p><p><span>So we don't forget Torah,</span></p><p><span>And the seder is what we do to remember.</span></p><p><span>And because we remember</span></p><p><span>We don't enslave others.</span></p><p><span>We bask in God's presence.</span></p><p><span>We study Torah</span></p><p><span>And we tell stories.</span> </p><p><span>And then there's the child who doesn't even know</span><span> that she can ask a question.</span></p><p><span>Is it because she doesn't care?</span></p><p><span>Doesn't have a context?</span></p><p><span>Too assimilated to know how interesting it all is?</span></p><p><span>Or perhaps no one will let her talk</span></p><p><span>So she doesn't even try?</span></p><p><span>Sitting in the back of the bus,</span></p><p><span>Not allowed to study Torah,</span></p><p><span>Married at 17,</span></p><p><span>Popping out babies at 18.</span></p><p><span>So let's not wait for either of them to say something.</span></p><p><span>Let's hold out our hands and say,</span></p><p><span>We were slaves</span></p><p><span>And now we're not.</span></p><p><span>And there is so much to know and do</span></p><p><span>And you can know and do it</span></p><p><span>And we will help you.</span></p><p><span>You are inspired,</span></p><p><span>You just don't know it yet.</span> </p><p><span>Okay.</span></p><p><span>Contrast these four children</span></p><p><span>With the  </span><span>Five Rabbis sitting around talking</span></p><p><span>In Bnai Brak.</span></p><p><span>Each of the knows the direct meaning.</span></p><p><span>All of them plumb the depths of the hidden and symbolic.</span></p><p><span>Any one of them can tell a tale that bridges a gap.</span></p><p><span>Five out of five are insipired by God's revelations.</span></p><p><span>They know the rules and the meaning and the stories</span></p><p><span>And oh my God, are they empowered to talk.</span></p><p><span>They stay up all night</span></p><p><span>And talk and talk and talk!</span></p><p><span>Each one smarter than the other</span></p><p><span>But in the morning when their students come in,</span></p><p><span>They still haven't prayed.</span></p><p><span>Because they can't stop talking.</span></p><p><span>Hey you guys, say the students,</span></p><p><span>Shema!</span></p><p><span>Listen!</span> </p><p><span>Why is this night different from all other nights?</span> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "http://triganza.blogspot.com/", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Favorites 2020", "slug": "favorites-2020", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Four Children", "slug": "four-children" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 412, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Why This Night: Four Children and Five Rabbis | Passover haggadah by Trisha Arlin", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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