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The Fifth Son
19 Nissan, 5749 • April 24, 1989
The Haggadah speaks of the “Four Sons” at the Seder table, demonstrating that every Jewish child needs to be given the full experience of Passover; if need be, search him out, find him, and invite him together with his family to your Seder table, to celebrate the freedom of our People.  MoreThe Haggadah speaks of the “Four Sons” at the Seder table, demonstrating that every Jewish child needs to be given the full experience of Passover; if need be, search him out, find him, and invite him together with his family to your Seder table, to celebrate the freedom of our People.
We have a unique freedom: When G-d freed us from Egypt, he freed us from all forms of slavery, for all time. Even the evil inclination cannot enslave us, for “the servant of a king, is one with the king” – the Jew belongs solely to G-d.
The Seder night is a time for Jewish children to make their mark: They are the first to speak up and address their parents. They make their parents aware that this night is different in many deep and meaningful ways – ways which they will discover together over the course of the night’s discussion, and through which they will grow together over the course of the year to follow.
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For me, it's the world, as EXODUS is a story that does, transcend, Time itself.
I had been planting pansies in my Garden, and they do so resemble little faces, those velvet petals. And I also see within, that face, the faces of butterflies, and I am remembering the Camps, and how the children painted butterflies, and of the myriad metaphoric connects to butterflies.
Yes, Open the Door, and let Elijah enter, and do invite the stranger to your door, in hospitality. This Passover, for me, in so many ways, it is "coming up Eli" as in, Elijah, and so when I say, Next Year in Jerusalem. I am thinking YES, it could be, it just could be 2012.
We say, give me five, and with children it's fun to do this, and it is a form of acknowledgment and a way of saying, YES!
So give me five, and let the ":sun" shine.
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This is the famous 5th son speech! I heard this long ago at a very special seder but I had since forgotten. I will search out a fifth son for our seder this year!
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