[Avodah] Ben Sorar Umoreh (and WebChaver?)

[Prof. Levine]

RSRH's masterful essay on Ben Sorar Umoreh may be read at 
http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/ben_sorar_moreh.pdf

At one point in this essay he writes, "All this applies particularly 
to a Jewish boy growing into Jewish manhood under the direction of 
parents who have truly done their duty. Such a boy has been guided 
from his earliest childhood by the shining example of his parents. 
They have demonstrated to him by their own conduct how man should 
happily subordinate all his aspirations to the higher authority of 
God, and that, in fact, this is the only way in which man can achieve 
true happiness in his life and work. They have shown him by their own 
behavior how the genuine Jew banishes all that is sordid and ignoble 
from his life, how he places the imprint of Divine consecration even 
upon the most physical aspects of daily living, and how every phase 
of life, public and private, should be ruled by one and the same 
spirit and ideal-the spirit and the ideal expressed by the term 
mitzvah, duty as commanded by God."

Given that the requirement to install WebChaver on the computers of 
all parents at YTY was motivated by educational considerations, 
perhaps a detailed study of this essay is in order, especially now, 
when it is in this week's parsha.  YL


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