(Tell Your Children About 4 Archetypal Sons???)

Ancient חָתוּם:‎ 2 Sets Of יַחַסִים שָׁזְרִים

Color coded with indicators to help you unlock the ancient sealed meaning; and here is the key I developed for you: Scr-1:Scr-3::Scr-2:Scr-4. These ratios provide an added insight beyond their plain meanings.

1. Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 12.26-27 (not an archetypal "wicked son"!)
   

   Scr-1 (S12.26)—The Question“וְהָיָ֕ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם מָ֛ה הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָכֶֽם׃”

   “When it shall have become that your children shall be saying to you, ‘What is this service that yall  have?’ ”

   Use of the plural, "your sons (collectively "children"), rather than "your son" logically precludes the false rabbinic interpretations that this passage refers to a "wicked son". Nor is the question, in any way, selfish or evil. Reasonable questions should be encouraged, not condemned as wicked—nor for daring to question an adult parent (or teacher); nor, especially, for questioning Dark Ages mindset rabbis.

   
   Scr-1 (S12.27)—The Answer: Tᵊshūv•ãhꞋ symbol (by physical act of PësꞋakh sacrifice) ‫”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם זֶֽבַח־פֶּ֨סַח ה֜וּא לַֽיהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּ֠סַח עַל־בָּתֵּ֤י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֣ינוּ הִצִּ֑יל וַיִּקֹּ֥ד הָעָ֖ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃“

   “Then you shall have said, ‘The Skip-sacrifice (זֶֽבַח־פֶּ֨סַח) belongs to יְהוָׂה, Who skipped the homes of the Children of Yi•sᵊr•ã•eilꞋ in Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim during His smiting of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, rescuing our homes; so the kindred shall be nodding their head in acknowledgment and prostrating.’ ”

2. Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 13.7-8 (not an archetypal "son who doesn't ask")

   Scr-2 (S13.7)—Tōr•ãhꞋ Life-Practice demonstrated (action) ("you shall recognize them by their practice", Riyb"y )‫”מַצּוֹת֙ יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַיָּמִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֨ה לְךָ֜ חָמֵ֗ץ וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ שְׂאֹ֖ר בְּכַל־גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃“

   “Matz•ōtꞋ shall be eaten during the seven days; neither khã•meitzꞋ nor sᵊōr may even be seen in any of your borders. ”

   Scr-2 (S13.8)—Executing the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ demonstrated (action)‫”וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר  בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃“

   “So you shall have explained to your child on this day saying, ‘In getting through this: יְהוָׂה executed the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ extracting me out of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim.’ ”

   The rabbis seize on the absence of the question to assume an archetypal son who didn't know how to ask. Since the text stipulates "your son", this must, just as likely, refer to the rabbis' son; i.e. that a rabbi should be limited to only one son? Not daughter. Such silly sophistry has no legitimate place in interpreting Scripture. Further, the pre-Masoretic pronunciation may have been לִבְנֶֽךָ, which translates in the plural to "your children" (as in Dᵊvãr•imꞋ 7.3). The rabbis assumption further suggests that they aren't capable of comprehending Tōr•ãhꞋ as directing Jews to teach PësꞋakh to children in all cases, asked or unasked—without rabbis assuming a stupid secular son? Or maybe Dᵊvãr•imꞋ 7.3 means that a Jewish family should have only one son? Not a daughter? Or just a secular son? Or maybe it's just the rabbis who have a "stupid secular son"??? Be disciplined in adhering to logic, not sophistry.

3. Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 13.14 (not an archetypal "naïve son")

   Scr-3 (S13.14, stich a: question)‫”וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ בִנְךָ֛ מָחָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֣ר מַה־זֹּ֑את וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֔יו בְּחֹ֣זֶק יָ֗ד הוֹצִיאָ֧נוּ יְהוָ֛ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃“

   “(13. …and you shall redeem every first-born male ã•dãmꞋ among your children.”

   “Then it shall have become that, the next day, when your child shall be asking you saying ‘What's this?’”

   Scr-3 (S13.14, stich b: symbol)

   “Then you must tell him, ‘By a strong arm  יְהוָׂה executed the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ extracting us out of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, out of a Labor Camp.’”

   If a child hasn't been previously taught why a firstborn male son or animal must be commemoratively redeemed, then asking the question is a sign of intellectual acuity, independent thought and parental incompetence; not naïveté!

4. Dᵊvãr•imꞋ 6.20-21 (not an archetypal "wise son")

   Scr-4 (D6.20, question)‫”כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ בִנְךָ֛ מָחָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר מָ֣ה הָעֵדֹ֗ת וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ אֶתְכֶֽם׃“

   “(18. Do what is straight and good… that you may possess the land…)

   “So that the next day your child will be asking you saying, ‘What's [the story about all these] convocations of eye-witness testimonies, the legislated-statutes and the corpus of case laws that's יְהוָׂה been commanding yall? ’ ”

   Scr-4— (D6.21: Executing the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ demonstrated (action))‫”וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ עֲבָדִ֛ים הָיִ֥ינוּ לְפַרְעֹ֖ה בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֧נוּ יְהוָ֛ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם בְּיָ֥ד חֲזָקָֽה׃“

   “Then you shall have told your child, ‘We were laborers belonging to Par•ōhꞋ in Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim; but יְהוָׂה has executed the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ extracting us out of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim by a Strong Arm.’ ”

   Details don't translate to complexity. Details can be either complex or simply (!) pedantic sophistry—which cannot imply an archetypal "wise son".

The shared lesson of all four passages is straightforward agreement: the SeiꞋdër is all about educating your kids about the Yᵊtzi•ãhꞋ—not adult feasting, celebrating and droning-on in pseudo-intellectual sanctimony while the kids get too sleepy to absorb anything!

Pay it forward (Quote & Cite):

Yirmeyahu Ben-David. 2 Ya­khas­im Sha­zᵊr­im (In­ter­lac­ed Syl­lo­gisms) (2023.08.29). Netzar­im Jews World­wide (Ra'anana, Israel). https://www.netzarim.co.il/ (Accessed: MM DD, YYYY).

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