“Ish Tam” – simple, innocent, wholesome man – that’s how Torah calls our forefather Yaakov. “Tam” is also used in Haggadah to describe the third son, where it sometimes interpreted as “simpleton”. However Haggadah gives a key into the real meaning in that context as well:
The third son’s question is “Mah Zot?” – What is that?
Normally in Hebrew we ask “Mah Ze?” – for generic and male subjects.
“Mah Zot?” however signifies female subject – and beautiful explanation tells us that Tam sees Shehinah – Hashem’s presence (which is linguistically and kabbalistically female), however doesn’t exactly understand what he sees…
So our task here is to understand what is that we see… with our eyes and our soul – and use it to fulfill to the best our potential – to get closer to our Source and help our dear brothers and sisters.
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“Ish Tam” – simple, innocent, wholesome man – that’s how Torah calls our forefather Yaakov. “Tam” is also used in Haggadah to describe the third son, where it sometimes interpreted as “simpleton”. However Haggadah gives a key into the real meaning in that context as well:
The third son’s question is “Mah Zot?” – What is that?
Normally in Hebrew we ask “Mah Ze?” – for generic and male subjects.
“Mah Zot?” however signifies female subject – and beautiful explanation tells us that Tam sees Shehinah – Hashem’s presence (which is linguistically and kabbalistically female), however doesn’t exactly understand what he sees…
So our task here is to understand what is that we see… with our eyes and our soul – and use it to reach our goal of coming to this world – to get closer to our Source and help our dear brothers and sisters.
