The Wicked Son Who Removes Himself From the Community

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai 12:26

"And it shall be when your children say to you" (Exodus 12:26) — they are destined to say to you. "What is this service to you?" — this is the wicked son, who has removed himself from the community. And since he has removed himself from the community, you too remove him from the community, and say to him, "It is because of this that the LORD did for me" (Exodus 13:8) — "for me" He did it, and not for you. Had you been there, you would not have been redeemed.

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