My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Though he does not quote it, the father is alluding to a verse in the epic poem in yesterday's parasha Ha'azinu. The verse says, Ha-Tsur tamim po'olo , The Rock, His work is perfect. The audience knows the verse and shares the belief in God's perfection. They hear the father's anguish and are silent.
Silence is one authentic Jewish response in the face of impossible theological questions.
Aaron was silent. Now, it is the right of every Jew to question, even to question God's actions. Abraham questions, Job questions, Levi Yitzhak questions, you and I question. The father, however, has not come to bring a din Torah , a complaint against the Creator about defective merchandise, nor even to raise a question. Let me tell you what he goes on to say, and then we can discuss what he has come to do.