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Torah Lessons for the Home — Kedoshim 5784

Выпуск: Torah Lessons for the Home — Kedoshim 5784. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. ‫ב"ד‬ RABBI SHIMON GRUEN Torah Lessons for the Home NOT EVEN WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS This week’s parshah includes the mitzvah of kibbud av va’eim: “Ish aviv ve’imo tira’u—A man shall revere his father and his mother.” The Ksav Sofer, highlighting the Torah’s use of the word “ish—a man” to describe the child in this parent-child relationship, notes that the mitzvah of respecting one’s parents applies not only when a person is young and in need of his parents to provide his physical needs, but also when he is grown-up and no longer needs their help. 6 | ISSUE 29 have heard, it is still not their place to step into their parents’ home and “offer helpful advice” on how to do things “better.” Dear Rabbi Gruen, In the past, I have asked you several questions related to chinuch, but this time I’d like to ask you something different. This applies even if the parent voluntarily shares difficulties with his shalom bayis and the child does nothing beyond listening and nodding his head in “understanding.” In fact, anyone who finds himself in a situation where he’s being called upon to lend an empathetic listening ear needs to be careful not to just nod along to a sob story. Agreeing (or even just seeming to agree) with everything the other person says, even when it looks like you’re being helpful and making it easier for the person to “endure” the pain and suffering, can blind that person to their be wise enough and detached enough to help all the own part in the problem. This is much more of a concern in the parent- Especially in this situation, where the child sees child relationship, where sharing details of shalom for himself that the parents can be complicated at bayis problems can be or become harmful both for times to deal with, he’s very likely to be tempted to the child and the parents. Furthermore, in almost go to each of them and try to get them to see things all cases a child will end up taking sides, even if the way he does — particularly as he thinks this is he doesn’t want or intend to, and that too will only what the parents want him to do. I have encounter

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Torah Lessons for the Home

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9 мая 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary