Q: My son asks the following: "In most other presidencies we don't even impeach once; why, during this presidency, do we impeach twice?" B.B., St. Louis, MO

A: There are two reasons. First, the United States is unusually divided and partisan right now. If that was not true, Trump likely would not have survived his first impeachment and, further, people wouldn't be unhinged enough to do things like invade the Capitol. Second, Trump is an unusually unethical and clumsy politician. It's not easy to get impeached once, but it happens. But to be impeached twice, with the second coming when you have less than 10 days in office? It takes a very poor president to pull that off.

K.C. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: I recognize what is surely some deliberate Jewish wordplay in B.B.'s question about two impeachments in a single presidency. Clearly, the writer is alluding to the Four Questions that are among the most familiar elements in a Jewish Passover Seder. The third of the Four Questions is: "On all other nights, we do not dip foods even once; why on this night do we dip twice?" The dead giveaway that B.B. is playfully nodding to this religious custom is that in Jewish tradition, the Four Questions are to be asked by the youngest person in attendance who is capable of asking them...hence, B.B.'s son is the one who asked about the two impeachments.

I'm not sure if you'll care to publish this information, as it veers into terrain that is truly beyond the scope of your site—but as a loyal and grateful reader since 2004, I wanted to ensure that you both understood the game that B.B. was cleverly playing. It so happens that I am a rabbi, but any Jew who observes Passover each year would recognize what B.B. was up to!

If you're curious to read more, see this.
https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/passover/four-questions

V & Z respond: We understood the bit, and regarded it as an Easter egg for our Jewish readers. Oh, and there is nothing that is truly beyond the scope of our site.

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Bumping your own posts again, BoJ?

SMH, smh.

I just thought the explanation should be in a separate box, and it took me a couple minutes to dig up the link that was embedded in the original posting. Otherwise both posts would have been in the same minute, which would disqualify it as a self bump. Rule 3A, Self Bumper's Guide.

Besides, I'm a rank amateur in self-bumping, compared to some of the pros here.

I didn't realize self-bumping was a thing.

I also want to say thank goodness for the second post as "subtle" is right - I didn't get it from the first one!

Whoops - self-bump!

But needed to say: I don't even get it from the second post, now that I've read it.

Except to laugh about the Easter egg comment. Jewish - Easter - haha.

??

Self-bumping is a sin.

A sin, I say!

I love it (it is very clever), and I very much appreciate it.

Thank you, BoJ!!

Now, if I can just remember where I put the wine and the matzah....