On One Foot - Three Stages of Child-Rearing
Child-rearing in the early years is divided into three stages. The first stage is teaching derech eretz and good character traits. Derech eretz is the foundation for putting the Torah into practice,…
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The Hanukkiah's Secrets for Good Mothers
Four lessons from the Hanukkah lights: give every child warmth, avoid favoritism, make time for each child's uniqueness, and love children without using them to enhance your own reputation.
On One Foot - Education Made to Measure
Educate a young person in keeping with his inclinations. Anyone who tries to establish rules for education strictly in accordance with his own views, without taking the students into account, is like…
Two Important Rules for Raising Children
“Train a child according to his way, and he will not depart from it even when he grows old” (Proverbs 22:6) It is well known that every Jew has his own unique inclinations and abilities, and a Jew mu…
The Reward for Raising Children
Lessons from Parashat Vayera - The Reward for Raising Children: “And the L-rd said: Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?… For I know him, because he will instruct his sons and his household aft…
The Order of Study for Children According to the Chofetz Chaim
An excerpt from a letter by the great Chofetz Chaim addressing the problems of modern childrearing and teaching children Torah. And to explain all of this in detail (the correctness of the true and j…
Ученик раби Прейды - Нет места для отчаянья!
Сказано в трактате Эрувин (54б), что у раби Прейды был ученик, которого он обучал 400 раз (обучал каждой вещи, до тех пор, пока ученик не запоминал это – комм. Раши). Однажды раби Прейда сказал учени…
On One Foot - Learning to Find Balance in Parenting
The Gemara (in tractate Shabbat 67a) says that a tree that drops unripe fruit is painted red and surrounded with stones. Why? To weaken it... Sometimes a tree drops its fruit because it blooms too pr…
Anger Management in Practice
The Power of Self-Restraint There are, of course, all kinds of situations. We are not always in control of ourselves. Suppose a mother comes home after a day at work and plunges into the routine. The…