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From the Rabbis from page 2 Do Your Parents the most difficult mitzvah in the Ten Commandments this
Honoring parents is a really difficult mitzvah, probably
in the Talmud, is described as “a regular with (living and Deserve Your Respect? week. Some parents can be obnoxious, abusive, or just
experiencing) miracles.” plain difficult. Not to mention the frustration of honoring
After the death of his teacher Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi By Rabbi Dovid Vigler parents that can no longer remember who we are. How
Shimon and his son Elazar were pursued by the Romans When a young boy, on earth are we supposed to honor them?
and forced to hide in a cave. G-d caused a carob tree to Hirshel Chitrik, once A closer look at the Ten Commandments gives us the
spring up at the entrance to the cave, as well as a spring visited the Rebbetzin key to being able to honor our parents no matter what.
of fresh water. For 13 years, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai Chana, he noticed that When retelling the story of Mount Sinai, Moses tells us
and his son Elazar dwelt in the cave where they studied her son, the Lubavitcher that we are to honor our parents “as G-d commanded
the hidden secrets of the Torah, sustaining themselves Rebbe, was just getting us in the desert.” Ordinarily it would be completely
on carobs during the week and figs on Shabbat, which ready to leave. The boy unnecessary to state the location of the original command.
again miraculously the tree offered, and water. During was surprised to see the But in the Torah where no word is redundant, an entire
this time, they studied and prayed until they became the Rebbe leave in an awkward phrase teaches us volumes:
holiest sages of their day. fashion, straightening out When the Jews lived in the desert, all their needs were
Never give up on the strength of prayer, even in the the furniture and photos on provided by G-d Almighty. Three million strong, they
most dire of situations. As we approach the holiest days of his way out the door. Rebbetzin Chana noticed the young flourished for 40 years in the desert as if they were in the
the year, when the prophet tells us seek G-d when he can boy’s confusion as to why the Rebbe would straighten Waldorf Astoria. Food appeared fresh daily in the form of
be (more easily) found,” these are extremely auspicious out furniture that was already straight. Once the Rebbe the manna from Heaven. Water gushed from a rock. Air
days to connect and attach ourselves with the source of left she explained that ever since his bar mitzvah, her son conditioning was provided by the Clouds of Glory that
blessings, G-d Almighty. had never turned his back to her. Every time he left her engulfed them. Those same Clouds protected them from
Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui is spiritual leader of Chabad presence, he found a way to avoid turning his back to her! enemies, wild beasts, and difficult terrain; indeed they
House Lubavitch of Palm Beach. Contact him at I was always amazed by this story of exhibiting a even laundered their garments.
Rabbi@chabadpalmbeach.org, 624-7004, or www. degree of parental respect that we almost never see these In such an environment, where everyone’s needs were
chabadpalmbeach.org. days. provided by G-d, children needed nothing from their
parents. And it was precisely here where G-d commanded
the Jews to honor their parents.
Attention Readers gratitude. They cared for us when we needed them, so
We tend to justify honoring our parents as a form of
we care for them when they need us. But Moses’ subtle
reference to the desert in which the original command was
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To honor our parents is to have the humility to

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honor them for being partners with G-d.
This is why the mitzvah of honoring our parents is
grouped with the religious commandments on the first of
New Study Reveals Outdated Home Seller Beliefs the two tablets and not with the social commandments on
the second tablet. If we honored our parents because of
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honor a parent who walked out of our lives. But when we
realize that we honor them simply because they created
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