Cytowanie Komentarza do Psalmów 119:70

One is simple.... In the Jerusalem Talmud, there is a varient version of the Midrash of the four sons (Pesachim 10:4) which uses the word “Tipesh, fool” instead of the word “Tam, simple” to describe the third child. Rabbi Epstein prefers the text of this Midrash found in the Jerusalem Talmud to the one used in the standard version of the Haggadah we now use. The word “Tam” does not fit here since it often has a positive connotation in the Biblical and in Rabbinic literature. It can mean pure or whole. The word is often used in association with the word “Yosher, upright,” and sometimes with the word, “Tsedek, righteous.” The Patriarch, Jacob, is referred to as an “Eesh tam, a pure man.” The word “Tipesh,” on the other hand, has a connotation of someone who has difficulty understanding and who asks questions but has limitations in understanding the answers he is offered as in Psalms 119:70 and Isaiah 6:10.