Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Teach your child a trade

Hi,

"How do we know that a parent is obligated to teach his child a trade? It is written [Ecclesiastes 9], 'See life, with the woman you have loved.'

"Either 'woman' refers to one's spouse, and just as a parent must marry off his child so a parent must teach his child a trade [so that the child will be able to live], or 'woman' refers to Torah, and just as a parent must teach his child Torah so a parent must teach his child a trade [so that the child will be able to live]."

(Talmud, Kiddushin 30b)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

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