Originally published 10/31/10, 10:49 AM, Eastern Daylight Time.
I'm just now covering R A Chill's work on Commandments
As a big fan of the Sefer HaHinuch, I'm enjoying this other work as a review of "taamei mitzvot". I find his pithy style quite fascinating and I like the range of commentators.
P. 18 para 1
«Most Authorities explain this prohibition as deriving from the fact that on Passover, the Festival of Freedom, the Jew becomes a king, and Royalty is expected to show decent table manners and to refrain from such primitive eating practices as breaking the bones of an animal and sucking out the marrow."
There are several ways to take this. Full disclosure: I'm privately debating the Torah Parameters of "Refinement" with a Chaveir...
Here is a proposed "Mussar Based" explanation:
"The Torah is teaching/preaching good manners. In General, the Torah, and the Mitzvot are a vehicle for refinement."
Here is a contrary explanation.
"The Torah is stating that ROYALTY has manners, implying that others do not. Such Refinement is limited to the cases of -
• "Royalty" or "Y'chidim" the year 'round
And
• To All but ONLY on a very limited set of occasions - as in one feast a year!
Thus, perhaps this generalizing from this Mitzvah comes from one's pre-conceived paradigms.
Shalom
RRW
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