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In spiritual development, differentiation is a critical component to a faith embraced freely—and not just by habit or necessity.</p>\n\n<p>Think about it. It’s powerfully useful to say “no” before embracing a mature “yes.”</p>\n\n<p>So, each of the sons is a character that speaks to the dynamics of faith in all its vitality. The Rasha keeps us honest, just as the Tam and the son who doesn’t know to ask, have their roles at some point in our lives (when you don’t care or you just go along because that’s what you’re supposed to do).</p>\n\n<p><strong>Which Son Do You Identify With Today?</strong></p>\n\n<p>Step back and now take a look at yourself. Note that as you engage your own faith, there are times that you’re the simple son; then you are touched by the Rasha, followed by periods of time as a Chacham, only to fall off into the son who forgets to ask or doesn’t even think it’s important, only to find spirituality again. You can be pretty observant and just be going through the motions—or feel close to your source.</p>\n\n<p>Faith is fluid and all of us move on this spectrum. Viva the religious life well lived!</p>\n\n<p>Now, there’s a fifth character in our drama.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Character Number Five:</strong></p>\n\n<p>It’s the father—the voice of the narrator as depicted by the <em>Haggadah</em> .</p>\n\n<p>When dealing with the Rasha, someone at the Seder table is instructed to speak in the voice of the father. And like theater, it’s carefully scripted. The father—now in our voice—scolds his Rasha, letting it be known that <em>had he been in Egypt, he would not have been saved</em>. </p>\n\n<p>The father of the <em>Haggadah</em> is firm and sets limits. He says, in essence, “Don't go too far with these self-important ideas because they’ll sink you.” Yet, the Rasha is not escorted out of the house, excused from the table, or written out of the text. He may need to be corrected but he also needs to be there.</p>\n\n<p>The power of this story lies not only in what the father says but in how he acts. By encouraging questions that may not always yield the “right” answers, and by having everyone return to his table year after year, the father—our fifth character—holds the text, and indeed, the whole story, together.</p>\n\n<p>The fifth character, the father, shows the value of the Rasha by giving him a hierarchical honor. The Chacham is most honored because he represents the ideal. But, the Rasha comes second, followed by his less impressive brothers. Here the narrator <em> tells by showing and not by his words</em> —a time-honored literary device. The Rasha is important, perhaps respected, perhaps feared…and he carries power.</p>\n\n<p>Yet, the narrator also makes it clear that the Rasha’s path is ultimately dangerous. Differentiation serves its function in the dynamics of a religious soul, but left to himself—the Rasha’s lost. <em>He needs his family and they need him</em>. He hears of their faith, even as he doubts—and they hear of his doubts in the midst of their faith. It’s no accident that the Rasha comes after the more mature Chacham, <em>both threatening the wise son’s mastery and fueling it at the same time</em>. </p>\n\n<p>Faith, after all, is not static. It can die if you try to force it.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Your Personal Haggadah:</strong></p>\n\n<p>The <em>Haggadah</em> speaks to us personally. Their family is our family. So, we too need the Rasha in the text as much and we need him in ourselves, in order to embrace God as free men and women in this world—and not as uncritical children.</p>\n\n<p>It’s brilliant.</p>\n\n<p>Every Passover, the Jewish People are asked to freely accept the Torah and thank the Almighty for what He has generously done for us. 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