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P. 60. Se'if 8. Some people, by nature are more sharp-minded, while others are more "fuzzy," and not everything has to make sense to them. Some are more drawn to math and science, while others might be drawn to the humanities - each might struggle with the concepts greatly appreciated by the other. So, too, in learning, some are more drawn to the sharp discourse of Gemara and Halachah, while others will feel more at home in Chassidus and sisrei (the secrets of) Torah. The symmetry and perfection in a blatt (page) of Gemarah. There are times in ones life, however, where cleverness, and sharpness of intellect doesn't work anymore, and only something irrational, that doesn't make sense, can satisfy that person's needs. Who are the good guys and the villains in the Haggadah's "Chad Gadyah?" The whole chinuch (education) of the seder night is to bring us to such a place of emunah so that it doesn't matter that it "doesn't work out." Those who have a connection to nistaros, can easily say Shir HaShirim - which is the highlight of the night - after the Seder. Only a person who can live with an unresolved difficulty can connect to Shir HaShirim, sisrei Torah, and ultimately, to Hashem.
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