[NGFP-BookClub] A message from Professor Shinan

[Aron Trauring]

Shalom to all BBS' lovers –

I have in front of me the letters of Shoshanah, Luka, Carol' Yehuda  
and Lanie. Some other may be on their way.

You are all right by realizing that the first and most difficult  
problem which this story (the only story in the Haggadah!) poses is  
the understating of the word MESUBIN. Does the story have anything to  
do with Passover? Or were people reclining (=mesubin) on other nights  
as well? Look at the MA NiSHTANA piece and fine the answer! The  
different translations have different understanding of this issue. It  
is not difficult to guess with whom I side/

  The term OTO HALAYLA is difficult as well. Does it imply a certain,  
well known, night or just any night? What do you know about the term  
OTO HALAYLA?

Yehudah supplied us with the biographies of the sages that are  
mentioned in the story. Well done! But I have another question  
regarding the mentioning of Bene B'rak. Is it intentional or  
coincidental? What can we learn from the fact that the story takes  
place in this city? And what about the order of the names of the  
rabbis? Coincidental?

Other questions: (1)Why aren’t the students participating in the  
discussion? (2) How come the rabbis did not realize that the sun had  
already came out? (3) What is the last hour of the day in which it is  
(or was) still permissible to recite the Shma'?

There is no doubt that the story comes to illustrates the idea that  
KOL HAMRBEH (=the more you speak about the Exodus – the better!).  
This statement is found in the Mishnah, and paradoxically it became  
part of the Seder itself. We just obey this instruction by citing it!

Please send in your answers and further suggestions. I hope to be  
able to respond on Tuesday which is Purim, but not in Jerusalem!

Happy Purim

avigdor

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