We have finished siman 30. The Chayei Adam ends the siman by referring the learner to oisiyos in Sefer Chassidim, where the Sefer Chassidim discusses kibud av v’eim. In the middle of os 564, the Sefer Chassidim writes that if a married man’s parents are argumentative people, and are getting into arguments with his wife […]
We have finished siman 30. The Chayei Adam ends the siman by referring the learner to oisiyos in Sefer Chassidim, where the Sefer Chassidim discusses kibud av v’eim. In os 343, the Sefer Chassidim quotes the pasuk from tehillim, hinei mah tov umah na’im, sheves achim gam yachad, how good and pleasant it is when
We have finished siman 30. The Chayei Adam ends the siman by referring the learner to oisiyos in Sefer Chassidim, where the Sefer Chassidim discusses kibud av v’eim. In os 338, the Sefer Chassidim discusses a case where a father wishes their son should learn Torah and the father will work in the son’s stead.
We have finished siman 30, and have a few other points to discuss. The Chayei Adam quoted the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu regarding the proximity of the mitzvah of kibud av v’eim to lo sinaf and lo signov. We will learn other ideas written by the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu regarding kibud av v’eim. In Perek 26
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We are beginning siman 30, in which the Chayei Adam does not discuss any halacha per se, but different drashos of Chazal regarding the mitzvah of kibud av v’eim. The Chayei Adam writes that the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu, which contains lessons taught by Eliyahu Hanavi, points out that the Torah teaches us the mitzvos of
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We are continuing in siman 29, where the Chayei Adam discusses a child causing possible or definite bleeding to their parents. The Chayei Adam gives the examples of removing a splinter (which may cause possible bleeding) or an amputation (which will certainly cause bleeding). To clarify, this halacha is a machlokes Shulchan Aruch and Rema.
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We are beginning siman 28, which discusses a child striking a parent. If a child strikes a parent in a manner which causes them to bleed, they are chayav misah through chenek (choking). If the blow does not cause an open wound, they transgress a lav, and are chayav malkus in the same way they
We are continuing in siman 26. We learned that if parents wish to serve a child, they may, because retzono shel adam zeh kevodo. However, we learned that the opinion of the Pri Chodosh is that a child may never accept service from a father who is a talmid chochom, even if the father has
I want to share a thought on Pesach. Moshe Rabbeinu comes to Pharaoh and tells him, bni bechori Yisrael, that Klal Yisroel is Hashem’s ben and Hashem’s bechor. This is an extraordinary thought. In the world of avodah zarah, a “god” does not care about its followers. Rashi comments on the words elohim acheirim,
We are beginning siman 26. The Chayei Adam discusses a parent taking care of a child. Many times, a parent wants to do an act of service for their child. Certainly, much of parenting involves the parent taking care of the child, but even when a child is older, a parent may still wish
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We are beginning siman 25, where the Chayei Adam continues to discuss other individuals who are included as adjuncts in the mitzvah of kibud av v’eim. The Chayei Adam writes that a person is chayav to be mechabed their father’s father. The poskim point out that the halacha applies to their mother’s father, and to
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We are beginning siman 23, where the Chayei Adam continues to discuss other individuals who are included as adjuncts in the mitzvah of kibud av v’eim. The Chayei Adam writes that a person is chayav to be mechabed their older brother, whether an older brother from their mother or their father. We learn this halacha
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We are beginning siman 22. In the next few simanim, the Chayei Adam discusses other people to whom children must give kavod as an adjunct to kibud av v’eim. The Chayei Adam begins with parents who have remarried, and a child’s chiyuv to those stepparents. The Chayei Adam writes that a child is chayav to
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We are continuing in siman 21, where the Chayei Adam writes that if one hits their child when they are at an age that the child will react in a manner in which they transgress kibud av v’eim, the parent transgresses lifnei iver. Rav Nissim Karelitz ztl, in his sefer Chut Shani, writes that this
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We are beginning siman 20, where the Chayei Adam turns to the parents, and discusses overburdening a child in a manner which makes their kibud av v’eim difficult. The Chayei Adam writes that it is assur for a parent to be overburneding on a child and require every extent of kavod from the child, because
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We are beginning siman 19. The Chayei Adam discusses the arur associated with kibud av v’eim. The Chayei Adam writes that anyone who makes light of their parents or in any way degrades them is cursed under the curse of arur makleh aviv v’imo, one of the 11 curses Klal Yisroel accepted upon themselves in
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We are continuing in siman 18, which discusses the chiyuv kibud av v’eim towards parents who are not shomer torah u’mitzvos. The Chayei Adam presents the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch as the primary opinion, and brings the opinion of the Rema as a secondary opinion, even though the Ashkenazi minhag generally follows the Rema.
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We are continuing in siman 17, which discusses a married woman’s chiyuv of kibud av v’eim. We learned that a married woman is exempt from kibud av v’eim if the responsibilities to her husband preclude her from being able to perform kibud. However, she will still be chayav in morah. In light of a married
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A special Pre-Pesach Shiurim: Watch Rabbi Reingold conduct a model Seder What do we tell our children? Rabbi Reingold’s Shiurim on V’higadta Levincha
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We are beginning siman 17. The Chayei Adam writes that the chiyuv kibud av v’eim applies to both male and female children equally. However, if a woman is married, and her husband is not allowing her to be involved with her parents because he needs her to assist him, she is exempt from kibud av
