The Torah speaks of four types of children who question the Passover celebration in four different ways. The rebellious child asks, "What is this ceremony of yours?", as though it does not concern him as well. The simple child only asks what happened, without wanting to know what it means. One child does not even know how to ask a question. But the wise child asks, "What is the meaning of each thing that we do?"

Instead of thinking of them as four seperate people, consider them as one person at different stages of life. Could each of us be all four children? Or could the four children be four generations of the same family?


haggadah Section: -- Four Children