How to be an inspiring Jewish parent Rule 5.

Rule 5, I came across when I was sitting one day with the then chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Avram Shapira.

And he told me a fascinating story about two Godoli Ador, two great terrorist ages of the 19th century,

one of whose children stayed firm and within the faith and became great rabbis themselves, the other of whom,

sadly his children became disillusioned and left the vault.

And he said to me the difference had to do with Souda Shlushit.

But the Tugodolim conducted Souda Shlushi completely differently. One of them gave a brilliant and very complex devoured Torah.

The other one sang Zmiris and Nekunim.

He said, guess which one's children stayed within the faith?

It's not a tough one. The one that sang the music kept their children within the faith.

Never think that religion that Judaism is just cognitive. It's affective. It's not just a matter of the mind.

It's a matter of the emotions. and music is the language of the emotions.

And whatever happened to the music, for heaven's sake, when the Israelites crossed through the Red Sea,

As Yashem Oshayovina Israel, they sang a song, they didn't give speeches, they didn't sit and learn a masochah.

They sang a song.

Davyamalch was the great singer of Israel and wrote the most immortal songs.

Yes, he wrote the original Hallelujah that Dan Lannick Cairn wrote about the secret chord

that pleased the Lord.

Shlomah Mahalach wrote Shia in the song of songs songs for heaven's sake, let Judaism sing.

Think of this moment, almost the last moment of Moses' life.

Here he is, 119, 119, 11 months and many days.

He's within sight of the end of his life. And he has given 612 commands to Israel.

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