Thought for the Day: Does the Torah Obligate Us to Mention The Exodus at Night? Let's Ask the Snake!
What does the curse of the wretched snake who tricked our original ancestors into committing The Original Stumble have to do with the Exodus at all, let alone about whether there is a Torah obligation to mention the Exodus at night? I know, cool; right? This morning after davening, a very thoughtful budding talmid chacham came over to me to ask a question on chumash. (The vasikin minyan is one big family; it's not the first question he asked me.) The question was: Part of the curse of the snake was that he had his legs removed. (This young man is under the impression that that aspect of the punishment was a measure for measure result of having pushed Chava into the tree as part of his trickery. I plan to ask him for a source; not for now.) His question was: Will the snake get his legs back in the future/with the advent of the messianic age? Why is he studying that parsha now in the middle of pesach? I have no idea, and I didn't think to ask because I was already stunned by my r