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The 4 sons, the 4 cups of wine, & the 4 languages of Redemption in the Passover Haggadah

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Shalom & Greetings.
I’m giving a class on the Passover Haggadah. Is there a clarifying text of the Rebbe about the parallels between the 4 sons, the 4 cups of wine, & the 4 languages of Redemption? And if there is- what is the explanation & where can I learn it. Thank you very much.

According the inner dimensions of Torah, the four expressions of Redemption in the Pesach Haggadah correspond to four aspects of the Exodus from Egypt, which correspond to the four spirtual worlds of Atzilut, Briah, Yetzira, and Asiya. The four sons also correspond to these four spiritual worlds.
There are many more explanations based on this idea that are presented in the Pesach Haggada with the Rebbe’s commentary, or the volume of Sha’arei Moadim that deals with Pesach, Section 2. It is also worthwhile referring to the Haggada with Rabbi Yekutiel Green’s commentary, which deals with these concepts.

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