"He who spares his son hates his son" - so it is said in the Torah. That is to say: He who does not beat his son in the tribe - hates him, for the sake of education, beating is necessary. But today we are forbidden to touch a child. So what, is the Torah wrong? Or have we become too soft and modern? Haven't we been carried away by the innovations of modernity and abandoned the path of the Torah that we have followed for thousands of years?
In a fascinating lesson, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson reveals an amazing revelation, through an analysis of one verse in Parashat Behalotach - "And her face is green with green." He shows how the Torah itself relates to this throughout the generations.
The lesson raises poignant questions: Do yelling and punishments really bring children back to repentance? Or is it love and acceptance that are the most powerful rebuke? When we embrace and accept, do we betray the fear of God, or do we actually fulfill it in the deepest way?
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