The Meanings of Fatherhood in our Time

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by Rabbi Elliot Dorff, PhD
posted on June 18, 2023
In the Torah, we are commanded to honor our father and mother (Ex. 20:12) and respect them (Lev. 19:3), but it is only later, in a second-century source recorded in the Talmud, that we get a sense of how the Jewish tradition construes fathers鈥 duties to their children: Read more...

The Path of Wisdom

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by Rabbi Sam Rotenberg
posted on June 24, 2020
鈥淚f one found their father鈥檚 and their teacher鈥檚 lost property, their teacher鈥檚 lost object takes priority, for their father brought them into this world, but their teacher who taught them wisdom brings them into the world to come. If one鈥檚 father is wise, one鈥檚 father鈥檚 lost object takes priority鈥︹  -From Mishna Baba Metzia, 2:11  Read more...