Why are there four types of children represented as asking different questions in the Hagaddah?
The Torah alludes to four types of children and the Hagaddah teaches us about teaching children. Each learner is to be treated as an individual. The Talmud instructs us to teach a child on the level of his or her understanding. What is the afikomen? Afikomen is a Greek word meaning dessert. About 700 years ago, to make the Seder more interesting for the children, various traditions arose concerning the afikomen. During the early part of the Seder a piece of the middle matzo (which becomes the afikomen) is placed in a napkin and hidden by the leader of the Seder. In some families the afikomen may be stolen and hidden by the children. Since the Seder cannot be completed until the afikomen is recovered and shared by all present, either the leader of the Seder or the children must search for it. Often a gift of some kind is involved in the ultimate recovery. When the afikomen is found, the leader of the Seder breaks it into small pieces and shares it with everyone at the table, and the Sed
