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A Collection of Essays — Bo 5783

Выпуск: A Collection of Essays — Bo 5783. Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental. At the end, however, he makes a very striking and unexpected point: “The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop a strong family narrative.” He quotes a study from Emory University that the more children know about their family’s story, “the stronger their sense of control over their lives, the higher their self-esteem, the more successfully they believe their family functions.”[2] 18 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ A family narrative connects children to something larger than themselves. Three times in the course of the parsha he turns to the theme: And when your children say to you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ you shall say… Exodus 12:26 On that day you must tell your child, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.’ 19 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ Exodus 13:8 And in the future, when your child asks, ‘What what is this?’ you shall answer… Exodus 13:14 This is wonderfully counterintuitive. Therefore, Rashi first brings the words of Rabbi Masia, to explain that there was another reason 2 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ for the Korban Pesach, to give the Jewish people a mitzvah to do, so they won't be "naked and bare.” Rabbi Masia says that they were given two mitzvahs, the Korban Pesach and circumcision. But in the book of Exodus—as the Israelites are about to leave Egypt after the plagues struck down their Egyptian oppressors—they are called G-d’s 13 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ army: “It was at the end of 430 years, and it was on this very day that all of G-d’s soldiers left the land of Egypt.”1 G-d’s soldiers? In these studies, children were offered a choice between one small reward provided 15 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ immediately, or two small rewards that would be provided if they waited for a short period, approximately 15 minutes, during which the tester left the room and then returned. 16 ‫ בא‬- ‫בס"ד‬ This brings us to the point that although the ideal of peace is so prominent in the Torah, as mentioned, the fact is that G-d designed and created the world in a way that leaves man subject to an almost constant inner strife,

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A Collection of Essays

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27 января 2023 г.

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35

Темы: family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary