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We will attempt to demonstrate how to learn the story of creation, in a way that will instill and awaken in the soul pure and simple emunah. We wish to again emphasize that we are not looking for new ideas, only to understand the pesukim with absolute simplicity.

It says (Shemos 13:14), "And when your son will ask you..." From here, Chazal derive the obligation of recounting the story of the exodus to one's son on the night of Pesach. In each person, as well, there is an inner "father" and "son." The intellect is the "father," and the heart is the "son." ("The heart understands"- meivin - is related to the word ben [son], but here is not the place to elaborate on this.) The intellect is the "father," and it must teach its "son," the heart. This teaching can be accomplished through thought, by thinking of something until it is firmly established in the heart, or through speech, by articulating words of emunah until they are fixed in the heart, as will be explained later at length.

We should understand that this is not an obligation only on the night of Pesach, but rather for all year around. One must instill in the "son" within himself - his heart - the simple foundations of emunah. "Even if we are all wise, all insightful, all know the Torah, it is incumbent upon us to recount the exodus from Egypt." This is because chochmah, binah, and da'as are one matter, and simple emunah in the heart is another matter entirely. One might possess chochmah, binah, and da'as, and yet, be lacking simplicity. That is why, on the night of Pesach, each person must recount (lesaper - to enlighten, based on the word sapir [sapphire]) and light up his soul with the fundamentals of simple emunah learned from the exile and redemption from Egypt.



I hope you enjoyed this explanation as much as I did. I found it really helpful in concretizing that emunah comes from the heart, and the mind can either help us have emunah, or hamper emunah.

(by the way, there's a third pun with "lesaper"= each person must recount, and "misparim" are numbers.)

"Father to Son: Take this Kidney" might have worked better actually.

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