Good News Bad News

At the end of the Parsha, we have the question asked by the wicked son, at the Seder. מה העבודה הזאת לכם, what is all of this worship for you? The Haggada tells us that he is the רשע because he removed himself from the general Jewish population. The מכילתא says that this Pasuk can be taken as good news or bad news. The bad news is that in the future, the Torah will be forgotten from the Jewish people. But the good news is that this is also a sign that there will be a future for the Jewish people. This means that we will merit being able to see בנים ובני בנים, children and children’s children. It is interesting that as it is with most instances, there are always two ways to look at things. Being positive is always the best course of action.