What for YOU is the significance of the Four Sons in the Hagada? It's meant to be thought question--so, think!

Q: If Moshe Rabbainu knew all the answers, we wouldn't need the Chazal's Interpretations...who DISCUSSED the Hagada until their students came and told them it was time to say Q'riat Sh'ma L'Shacharit! Zorro, you did nonetheless respond to my Question! Thank you! M, please meet Zorro--Zorro, please meet M. We already have 2 of the 4 sons! Bamabrat, I can tell you about a math professor who is an Av Beit Din D'Rabbonut who when asked a stupid question replied that he was't in class when it was taught which embarrassed the person asking the question--a talmid chakham should be careful in his words!

A: For me the 4 sons are a lesson about tolerance, especially where the last two are concerned. The parable states that we should calmly instruct them-not mock them. In modern times I think it means that instead of screaming at someone for being ignorant you should explain to them why they are wrong. I'll give you an example: When I was in Religious School, one of my teachers whose day job was a college professor said that a student from a foreign country (who had never met anyone Jewish) asked where her horns were. Unfortunately people once thought we had horns. Her response I felt mocked him (she said she had them cut off).This was the experience of the 3rd son. The Hagada tells us that we should explain that it was a lie and where the lie came from.

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