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Torah Lecture

The most important thing at the seder nights

Lectured by Rabbi Dov Brezak

Published
March 25, 2010
Duration
01:41
Lecture code
RDB-TD-03

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Be'ezrat Hashem (with Hashem's help), how is the chinuch, the parenting, on the night of the Sedarim (Passover Seder nights) different from parenting the rest of the year? The answer is that on the nights of the Sedarim, the most important goal is for our children to develop a deep love for their faith, their heritage, and their religion. The only way that will happen is if the Sedarim are a positive experience in our children's eyes. Here is the tip: Therefore, no matter what, please be sweet and pleasant to your children. Please interact in a sweet and pleasant way. Don't discipline. Don't criticize. Don't get angry. Don't be a grouch. Don't be nervous. Don't be under pressure. Don't lose it. Even if you don't feel like it, be sweet. Be kind. That's what will make the impact. That's what will make the difference.

On the nights of the Sedarim, everything else pales in insignificance. What's most important is that your children develop a love for their religion, their heritage, and their faith. The only way it will happen is if you interact in a sweet and kind way. If they act up, interact in a sweet and kind way. If this breaks, this goes wrong, this bothers you, or that relative did something, interact in a sweet and kind way. You be sweet and kind, and your kids will be very, very religious in a very deep way. And Hashem, Hashem will be proud of them. That is the most important thing. Please, everything else pales in insignificance. So no matter what, please, throughout the nights of the Sedarim, be sweet and kind, and you'll see what a difference it will make. Thank you, Hashem.