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Shnayim Yomi - Vayelech - R'vi'i - #4- Rabbi Ephraim Ilyaguev
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Featuring: Rabbi Ephraim Ilyaguev Kavkazi Synagogue & Torah Center Brooklyn, NY Click below for today's text of Shnayim Mikra: https://shnayimyomi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4.pdf ShnayimYomi.org
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Fourth of
it's very very interesting aliyah is
talking about a special mitzvah hagghel
what's the mitzvah of hagel is that
every seven years after the the is over
on sukkot the entire Jewish people
gathers together in beta mikdash in the
temple and then the Jewish king he reads
certain parts of sepher advice
in front of the Jewish people. Who has
to go there? The tell us
gather together the people
men
and children
as well as the converts that are in your
gates so they could listen so they could
learn and that they could acquire fear
of God, respect of Hashem and they keep
all the mitzvah and safeguard the entire
Torah. Now the famous question of course
is raised by the kazal is what's the
point of bringing children the children
are they just children they don't
understand a lot of things they don't
learn so what's the point so the kazal
tells bring children so you will get the
reward for bringing them and it's I
think it's beautiful idea a very
powerful idea sometimes children come
from school and you tell them what did
you learn today you said oh I was bored
I didn't pay attention I learned nothing
and you're saying oh why am I paying
tuition
Why aren't you paying attention? Relax.
Okay,
even if they didn't learn anything
today, the fact that you woke up early
in the morning, you put them on a bus,
you pay their tuition, you greet them
after the school, you you take care of
them, you buy them supplies, you're
going to get reward for that. You
bringing them closer to Hashem. And even
if they don't end up learning a lot of
things, that's fine. That your effort
counts. You're going to get reward for
that. That's one lesson of course from
this aliyah. The second lesson from the
same piece that tells us that Raman
actually
what's the point of bringing children
the children actually are listening and
they're going to ask you questions. Did
you ever see a three-year-old? He's
asking you why they and you explain to
him and said oh and why and they doesn't
the children don't stop. They keep
questioning and they keep asking and if
you answer and you talk to them they
would ask more questions. So actually
kids get very very strong impressions.
So imagine a four-year-old, a
5-year-old, six-year-old kid, his
parents take him to beta mikdash and he
sees the kwanim, he sees the king, he
sees the and and the beta mikdash. He
experiences this memory is going to stay
with him for the rest of his life. It
makes a difference. It makes a an
impact. It shapes his identity. We
should never underestimate the impact
that we have on children. The children,
they're like sponge. They absorb
everything and every good Jewish
experience makes a big big difference in
their life.
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