Learning that Judaism is a LIVING EXPERIENCE.

listen to from one's father one learns how to read a text Torah talud how to comprehend how to analyze how to conceptualize what's morally right what's morally wrong father's tradition is an intellectual moral one what kind of Torah does the mother pass on says permit me to draw from my own experiences I used to watch her arranging the house in honor of a holiday I used to see her recite I used to watch her recite the cedra every Friday night I still remember the nostalgic tune I learned much from her most of all I learned that yish expresses itself not in the formal compliance with the law but in a living experience she taught me there is a scent a flavor a warmth to Mitzvah I learned from her the most important thing in life to feel the presence of the almighty and the gentle pressure of his hand resting upon my frail shoulders without her teachings which quite often were transmitted to me in silence I would have grown up a soulless being dry and insensitive [Music]