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#221: What Did the Wicked Child Do?

#221: What Did the Wicked Child Do?

Marbeh Lesaper on the Haggadah

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Mar 17, 2023
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The רָשָׁע (wicked child) in the Haggadah’s Parable of the Four Children has always fascinated me. What did he do that is so bad? Yes, I know that the …

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