Sheltering in Jerusalem amidst the plagues of missiles and drones, we are also joined by the (Passover Haggadah’s) four sons and daughters. In most shelters, I experience each and all of the four. I suspect that they are coming to your Seder table as well, in person or as ideological presences.

As they make their opinions known, not all are easy guests. While Jewish law uses the term “Av”/parent as an organizing structure, such as the Avot of civil damage or the categories of breaking the Sabbath, here the Haggadah employs the image of sons and daughters – often rude and insistent, but not without charm. 

The star son/daughter wants to know and manifest it all. The desire is for the three building blocks of Judaism: The aidot testify to allegiance to our Jewish Peoplehood via the pilgrimage holidays; the hukim are our particular religious practices and........

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