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tzippi
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Smilingsfriend, what chiddushim were you hoping would come out of this thread?

And yes, rich people might choose a simpler Pesach and give the rest away, but face it, rich people do things differently. What’s understated for a rich person will still be way above my standard of living. And that’s not a bad thing. A)We are none of us Robin Hood and B)a somewhat higher standard of living may well engender more generosity. There’s a famous story of a wealthy man who ate very, very simply, and was told off by a rav/rebbe, who told him that when a poor man comes and says he’s hungry so nu, he’ll share his meal of black bread and herring, or worse, say if I with my money can manage on this and I’m the gvir, he shouldn’t need more on his bread than a little oil. The wealthy man was told on the contrary, he should live on a higher standard so that he could better appreciate how much the poor are missing.