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Torah Lessons for the Home — Nitzavim-Vayelech 5784

Выпуск: Torah Lessons for the Home — Nitzavim-Vayelech 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. sponsored ‫לעילוי נשמת‬ The Ahavas Yisrael zy”a makes a similar point, saying that while a ‫ר׳ יצחק זאב וואלף‬ person should not fool himself or others and behave in a manner that is ‫בן ר׳ דוד גראס ע״ה‬ loftier than his true essence, there is an exception to this rule. ‫ב"ד‬ RABBI SHIMON GRUEN Torah Lessons for the Home SOME THINGS NEED TO BE SAID This week’s parshah distinguishes between the “hidden things” which are Hashem’s concern, and the “revealed things” which are for us to deal with, as we fulfill the words of the Torah throughout the generations. Silence may be the right response to our inadequacy; nonetheless, we should express praise out loud when we daven, and part of the reason why we do so is to inspire those who hear us, because when it comes to our duty to affect others, we set aside our This week's essay is deficiencies and do our best. Even if the story sounds a little what happened.” suspicious, a parent should never make it obvious that he In a case of serious physical abuse one should not doesn’t believe it or that he suspects the child of hiding accept attempts to defend such conduct with claims the other person’s side of the incident or of twisting what THE that the child’s behavior was so bad that he deserved actually transpired. You don’t have to There’s a very fine balance between making a child argue over the chain of events, as plenty of things could feel understood and believed, and still not reacting have happened in the lead-in to the incident that the boy FOR in haste based on nothing more than the details they omitted from his account — for any number of reasons. You can clarify that you feel terrible about what Perhaps he was actually chutzpadig; perhaps he did say happened and appreciate being told, and add that you something to the menahel; perhaps he had already been will be making some calls so that he knows that you’re warned in the past about running out of class. It’s only when parents are too quick to forgive, (and even if you know certain details about this particular or too hasty to condemn, that they create an opening for incident which tells you that your child is, purposely or the

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Torah Lessons for the Home

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26 сентября 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary