Sunday, July 23, 2017

purim torah in jest - PTIJ: Why does only a Shor Tam ask at the Seder, and not a Shor Mu'ad?




We all know the four sons: the wise son, the wicked son, the Tam, and the son who doesn't know how to ask.


As we all know as well, there's two types of cows: those which have gored less than three times (a Shor Tam) and those which have gored more than three times (a Shor Mu'ad - see Shemos 21:28ff with Bava Kamma 23b).


Why does only a Shor Tam get to ask at the Seder? Why not a Shor Mu'ad?







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