My Question on the 4 Questions

He removes the plate from the table. We pour a second cup of wine. The son then asks:

What differentiates this night from all [other] nights?

On all [other] nights we eat chamets and matsa; this night, only matsa?

On all [other] nights we eat other vegetables; tonight (only) marror.

On all [other] nights, we don't dip [our food], even one time; tonight [we dip it] twice.

On [all] other nights, we eat either sitting or reclining; tonight we all recline.

....Why is this night different from all [other] nights?

- On all [other] nights, we eat leavened and unleavened bread, [but] on this night, [we eat] only unleavened bread.

- On all [other] nights, we eat all kinds of vegetables, [but] on this night, [we eat only] bitter herbs.

- On all [other] nights, we eat meat roasted, stewed or boiled, [but] on this night, [we eat] only roasted [meat].

- On all [other] nights, we dip [vegetables] once, [but] on this night, we dip [vegetables] twice....

(2) ...and here the son asks. Why is this night different from all other night?

On all other nights we don't dip even once, tonight twice.

On all other nights we eat hametz and matzah, tonight only matzah.

On all other nights we eat meat roasted, boiled, or cooked, tonight only roasted.

On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables, tonight only maror.

On all other nights we eat while sitting or reclining, tonight we all recline.

(3) In today's times we don't say "tonight only roasted" because we don't have a [pascal] sacrifice. Begin with shame and read until completion of the entire section "arami oved avi".

(6) [There were hangings of] white cotton and blue wool, caught up by cords of fine linen and purple wool to silver rods and alabaster columns; and there were couches of gold and silver on a pavement of marble, alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mosaics.

his father teaches him [to ask]: "Why is this night different from all [other] nights? On all [other] nights, we dip [vegetables] once, [but] on this night, we dip [vegetables] twice.

On all [other] nights, we eat chamets (leavened grain products) and matsa, [but] on this night, it is all matsa.

On all [other] nights, we eat meat roasted, stewed or boiled, [but] on this night, it is all roasted. "...

Rav Naḥman said to his servant, Daru: With regard to a slave who is freed by his master, who gives him gold and silver, what should the slave say to him? Daru said to him: He must thank and praise his master. He said to him: If so, you have exempted us from reciting the questions of: Why is this night different, as you have stated the essence of the seder night. Rav Naḥman immediately began to recite: We were slaves.

(1) The Obligation to Recount the Exodus From Egypt--We are commanded to discuss the topic of the Exodus from Egypt on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan (the first night of Pesach). This doesn't require recitation of a specific formula; rather each person should discuss the topic according to his own power of expression; as part of this discussion, we also are commanded to laud and to praise Hashem, blessed be He, for all the miracles He performed for us there; as it is stated (Exodus 13:8), "And you shall tell your son" etc. Although the verse doesn't specify when this should be done, the Sages have already explained (Mechilta to the verse) that this obligation of retelling the events of the Exodus is applicable on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan, which is the time of the eating of the matzah. The Sages further explain (Mechilta of R' Shimon bar Yochai to the verse), regarding that which the verse states, "[and you shall tell] your son", that it does not mean that the mitzvah applies exclusively to relating these matters to one's son; rather, one can fulfill his obligation by discussing the Exodus even with any other person.

...and the general principle is that one who is not obligated to fulfill a particular mitzva cannot fulfill the obligations of the many in that mitzva....

(1) One who sleeps under a bed in a sukkah has not fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Yehudah says, "We practiced the custom of sleeping under a bed [in the sukkah] in the presence of the elders, and they never said a thing to [stop] us." Rabbi Shimon says: It happened that Tavi, the slave of Raban Gamaliel, would sleep under a bed [in the sukkah], and Raban Gamaliel said to the elders, "Have you see my slave Tavi? He is a disciple of the Sages, and he knows that slaves are exempt from [the obligations pertaining to] the sukkah; therefore, he sleeps under a bed." And thus in accordance with our way we deduce that one who sleeps under a bed [in a sukkah] has not fulfilled his obligation.