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Chinuch: Teach Them to Your ChildrenBuy "Chinuch: Education" on an mp3 CD! (All 13 classes for just $6.50+S&H!)Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series looks at the obligation to teach our children. |
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| 13 Sivan 5768 | listen |
Chinuch and Birkat HaMazon
(15:23)
Chinuch for Birkat HaMazon is unique in that a child can fulfill his father's obligation.
Sources: OC 186:1-2; MB 186:1-7
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| 10 Sivan 5768 | listen |
Chinuch is all about Relationships
(14:47)
Chinuch is all about relationships -- relationships with ourselves, with our children, spouses, friends, and with Hashem.
Sources: Ch"A 66:12
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| 9 Sivan 5768 | listen |
Parameters of Chinuch for Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh
(15:37)
Summary of various topics, including: handing a child an issur; handing a child an issur by way of a non-Jew; issurei d'rabbanan for a sick child; and circumstances where it is forbidden to eat (such as prior to kiddush and fast days.
Sources: Ch"A 66:6-10
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| 8 Sivan 5768 | listen |
Communal Obligation for Our Children
(15:00)
All Jews are responsible for one another, so there are situations where every adult Jew has an obligation to educate every Jewish child. Two common cases: when a child does an issur for an adult; mitzvot ben adam l'chaveiro.
Sources: Ch"A 66:4-5
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| 25 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Chinuch for Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh
(14:22)
The Chayei Adam views chinuch for mitzvot lo ta'aseh as an obligation of every Jew -- and Rav Dovid adds, this mitzvah of chinuch is not just for children.
Sources: Ch"A 66:3
Dedicated as a zechut for Tzipporah Feiga bas Chana Breina that she should have the privilege of raising children in a life of Torah.
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| 24 Iyar 5768 | listen |
The Age of Chinuch; the Age of Understanding
(15:16)
Chinuch for mitzvot lo ta'aseh begins as soon as the child understands "no." We protect our children from physical dangers; should we not be equally careful of spiritual dangers?
Sources: OC 343:1; MB 343:3,7-8
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| 23 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Allowing a Child to Violate an Issur
(15:41)
A child picks up a forbidden food or begins to perform a forbidden act. Need we stop the child? Reprimand him or her? What if it isn't your child?
Sources: OC 343:1; MB 343:1-3
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Chaya Sarah Dinah bas Alta Bas Sheva
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| 22 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Giving a Child an Issur
(15:22)
Under no (ordinary) circumstances can you hand a child a forbidden food or an opportunity to violate a Torah prohibition.
Sources: OC 343:1; MB 343:4-6
L'ilui nishmat Zissel Devorah bas Avraham Abish on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
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| 18 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Chinuch: Giving a Child Forbidden Food
(14:48)
In some situations, we need not prevent a child from eating something when he shouldn't.
Sources: OC 269:1; MB 269:1-3
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| 11 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Chinuch for Mitzvot Aseh: Summary
(17:18)
Educate a child according to his way; even when he ages, he will not depart from it.
Sources: Ch"A 66:1-2
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| 10 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Age Limits on Chinuch
(15:36)
We don't teach children before they are ready.
Sources: MB 37:8; OC 106:1; MB 106:5; Ch"A 66:2
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| 9 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Chinuch at Various Ages; Chinuch for Various Mitzvot
(15:08)
Chinuch for different mitzvot varies with the age and understanding of the child.
Sources: OC 17:3; MB 17:10; OC 37:3; MB 37:12
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| 8 Iyar 5768 | listen |
Chinuch for Mitzvot Aseh
(14:37)
Introduction to chinuch: a look at Kiddush Lavana and Kriat Shema.
Sources: MB 426:1; OC 70:2; MB 70:6-9; Sha'ar HaTziun 70:7
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