In this week’s Torah portion Ekev, Moses’ discourse continues. He is concerned with the future of the Jewish People and how they will continue their relationship with God.
In this Torah portion it says,”Take thought this day that it was not your children, who neither experienced nor witnessed the lesson of the Lord Your God-His Majesty, His Mighty Hand…”. In this passage God tells the Israelites that they must teach their children not only what God did for their people but how they felt about it. Remember only the generation who experienced the Exodus saw God on Mt. Sinai, only they experienced firsthand the power and majesty of God.
This is a great lesson for all of us. It is not only important to teach our children the intellectual disciplines of Judaism, that is Hebrew, Torah etc. but to teach them how important it is in our lives and how we feel about being Jewish. It is important to impart to our children the life-affirming aspects of leading a Jewish life. Ken Y’hi Razton, Let it be so.
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