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The Beis Medrash — MEDRASH — Ki Teitzei 5783

Выпуск: The Beis Medrash — MEDRASH — Ki Teitzei 5783. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. He’s young and doesn’t yet grasp the value of a family heirloom.” *** Parshas Ki Seitzei concludes with the lo sa’seh against using dishonest weights and measures, followed by the mitzvah to remember what Amalek did to us on our way out of Mitzrayim, and the commandment to destroy them. This particular example came home to me this week because I just recently heard from several melamdim who are strongly considering leaving their positions because of two issues: One is lack of respect and appreciation—from their own administration as well as from parents and even from some of their own family members. Children are very impressionable, the Rebbe added, and when they see that the grades on secular studies are taken more seriously than Judaic studies, and that the secular textbooks are newer than the Judaic ones, and that their secular teachers get more respect and pay than do their Judaic counterparts, these children hear an indirect—or, perhaps direct—message of what their parents and their school find important. Ki Seitzei Rabbi Mordechai Lipskier Harav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Chief Rabbi of the Eidah Hacharedis in Eretz Yisroel under the British mandate, was once sitting at a Yid’s Shabbos table when he saw the host’s young child transgress a Shabbos prohibition. Dedicated in honor of the upcoming chasunah of Avremi Rapoport and Dassie Okunov !‫בנין עדי עד‬ To sponsor a Dvar Torah, email rabbimordechailipskier@gmail.com B”H ARE YOU HONEST ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT? Do we take time off from our children’s yeshiva for family vacations, or do we take time off from family vacations for learning Torah and davening with a minyan? Instinctively, the rov shouted, “It’s Shabbos!” The child’s father considered the rov’s reaction excessive and protested that the child was too young to appreciate Shabbos and its laws. When shopping for clothing, are we prepared to splurge so that we or our children can dress modestly, or are we only ready to spend more if it will look more fashionable? We can talk highly about our children’s teachers and principals, send letters of thanks and appreciation, and send a small monetary token of appreciation when possible. H

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The Beis Medrash

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25 августа 2023 г.

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2

Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary