Mission of the
Month
Avos Ubonim
Impacting your
parents
ďīĝč
Learning extra Torah with your parents
Chol Hamoed is the perfect time for everyone to learn extra Torah, as much and as often as possible.
Those who have to work to make a living during the year and are normally excused from the mitzva
to always learn Torah do not work on Chol Hamoed and therefore have the time and obligation to
learn Torah constantly. Also, because it is not a regular Shabbos or yom tov day, the mitzva to relax
and rejoice (by having a seudas yom tov with delicious foods and many guests) does not apply. For
all these reasons, he can toil in Torah.
This is especially true during Chol Hamoed Pesach, as we know that Hashem freed us from slavery
in Mitzrayim in order to give us the Torah. Only as a servant of Hashem, learning Torah and doing
mitzvos, can a Yid achieve true freedom. We rejoice on Pesach because we were then given the
privilege to serve Him, and learning Torah is the best way to express and enhance our joy.
As we know, the true way to conquer the world is with more effort in learning more Torah. Chol
Hamoed is an excellent opportunity to increase in Torah learning and to try to make sure that other
people are also using these special days to learn more Torah.
Obviously, this is especially important for those who are lucky to be yeshiva students, whose
main responsibility throughout the year is to be involved in Torah study. They should take it upon
themselves to fill all the days of Chol Hamoed with extra-powerful Torah learning.
This message should be taken to heart and put into action, specifically now as we are in the time
period between the geulah of Purim and the geulah of Pesach, which are both connected with
learning Torah. At the time of the geulah of Purim, the Megilla tells us, “For the Yidden there was
light…”, and our chachomim teach us that this is the light of Torah. And the geulah of Pesach
reached its fulfillment when we finally got the Torah at Har Sinai.
In the zechus of all our extra Torah learning we should merit to celebrate Pesach with the Rebbe
in the Beis Hamikdash Hashlishi, and he will then teach us the precious secrets of the Torah of
Moshiach!
Mission of the
Month
Avos Ubonim
Impacting your
parents
ďīĝč
Impacting your parents
While crossing the Yam Suf, at the end of the Yiddin’s miraculous escape from Mitzrayim, it was the
children who recognized Hashem first. They recognized Hashem before their parents, and as Moshe
led the Yiddin in singing Az Yashir each child proclaimed, “This is my Hashem and I will glorify Him,
[this is] the G-d of my fathers and I will bring about His elevation!”
As today’s Jewish children are descendants of those children who left Mitzrayim, and Torah tells us
about them to show us how to behave. Therefore we can understand that all Jewish children have
the power to influence their parents.
And this is how it is as Pesach approaches: children need to remind their parents to prepare for the
yom tov of Pesach. Obviously, this must be done with the utmost respect for their parents, making
sure to properly fulfill the mitzva to honor their father and mother.
Practically speaking, every Jewish child, a boy or a girl, should come to their father or mother on
Rosh Chodesh Nissan (and the days following) and say: “As it is now Rosh Chodesh Nissan and we
must properly prepare for the yom tov of Pesach and for leaving Mitzrayim, I am asking you to firstly
accept Hashem’s mitzvos, just as the Yidden did on the first Rosh Chodesh Nissan (with the mitzva
of Kiddush Hachodesh, proclaiming the new month with the sanctification of the new moon).”
And even more, with their power as Jewish children, and as their sons or daughters, they are asking
that from Rosh Chodesh Nissan they should already begin preparing for the upcoming yom tov of
Pesach, through cleaning out the chometz and selling it and doing everything else that is needed to
ensure a kosher and happy Pesach.
And another very important thing: as the child is asking his parents to prepare for Pesach and to
make it an even happier yom tov, which it will be when it is kept in the most beautiful and kosher
way, the children must give their word that they will carry out all of their tasks as part of the family
effort to achieve a kosher and happy Pesach.
They will prepare to ask the four questions of the Ma Nishtana on the first and second nights of
Pesach, and they will listen closely as their father answers with, “we were slaves to Pharaoh in
Mitzraim and Hashem took us out of there”, and the tale of the rest of the haggadah.
And through the children speaking to their parents, and making sure their friends speak to
their parents as well, and speaking respectfully but sincerely, it is certain that this will enhance
the Pesach preparations, and produce a Pesach that is even more kosher and happy. And then
afterwards, this exceptional kashrus and joy will continue on throughout the rest of the year.
Mission of the
Month
Avos Ubonim
Impacting your
parents
ďīĝč
irgykg ;hut ihhz ghpan
uu
ohrmn ,thmh iup yhhm rgs iht rgsbhe gahsht hs idg
ictv hhz _ "vkhj, uvurhfv ov" 1ohnfj grgzbut idtz
iut 'irgykg grghhz rRp ltb iyargchut ogs ybgergs
xts yt _ 2"uvubtu hk-t vz" ydtzgd ytv hhz iup rgrgsgh
hct hekt" 'oht ihhatc lht iut rgyargchut ihhn zht
rgytp ihhn iup rgyargchut rgs zht rg _ 2"uvbnnurtu
/ichuvrgs oht ltn lht iut
iup igntya rgsbhe gahsht zt ehsbxhuu zht
,ukd iup xhurt igbhhz xtuu rgsbhe hs
ign zt ybrgk iut iT ydtz vru, iut 'ohrmn
zht _ rgsbhe gbgh huu irhp lhz ;rts
ogs ictv rgsbhe gahsht zt 'ehsbtyartp
/irgykg grghhz ierhuutc um jf
rgsbhe gahsht
ihhz rrugn iprts
zt irgykg grghhz
iyhhrd lhz ;rtswn
jxpv dj oum
zt 'jxp um igdbuyhhrdum hs gdubc lhut zht huzt iut
zt irgykg grghhz ihhz rrugn iprts rgsbhe gahsht
xts _ lhz yhhyartp 'iut /jxpv dj oum iyhhrd lhz ;rtswn
rgytp oum sucf iw,nt iut iyxgrd iwyhn ity ign ;rts
,tu lhct ,t scf" 3vru, iup dtzbt rgs huu 'rgyun iut
/"lnt
:4r e h g v t u v v a g n v u
;rts 'gkgshhn t rgst gkgdbht t 'sbhe ahsht rgsgh
ogs iht rgyun ihhz um rgst rgytp ihhz um ihhdum ignue
:idtz iut (ogs ltb dgy hs iht iut) ixhb asuj atr iup dty
iyhhrd lts lhz ign ;rts 'ixhb asuj atr zhtwx huu huzt
'ohrmn ,thmh um iut jxpv dj um iput isbxtp t ;hut
oum zt rgyun ihhz iut rgytp ihhz (hz) rg ygc rtprgs
Mission of the
Month
Avos Ubonim
Impacting your
parents
ďīĝč
ogs ihhz ohhen um lhz ;hut igngb hhz iktz iyarg ogkt
iyarg ogs itygd ictv isht huu huzt ',uumn xwbyargchut
Q5ixhb asuj atr
ahsht t zht (hz) rg xtuu jf ogs yhn :rgn ltb iut
(hz) rg ygc _ (rgyfty) iuz t rghhz zht (hz) rg iut 'sbhe
igngb ixhb asuj atr iup ihua iktz hhz t hhz
igntrxhut lrus 'jxpv dj oum iyhhrd lhz ity iprts rgsbhe
Qrgyhhuu huzt iut 'oht iphuertp '.nj ogs
ydbgv xtuu .kt
iut rgwraf t ihhz ktz xg zt .kt ity iut
um hhz iht pt
/jxp rgfgkhhrp xg zt ipkgvxhurt
:rehg it zht xts lhut iut _ xgpg ltb iut
rgwraf t ihhz ktz
rgfgkhhrp iut
jxp
iktz hhz zt irgykg hs iygc rgsbhe ,gac
ihhz ktz jxpv dj rgs zt igz iut iyhhrd lhz
jxp rgs xtuu ogs lrus 'lgkhhrp rgnftb
rgsbhe hs iprts _ ,uraf iut rushv yhn rgnftb ihhz yguu
pt ydbgv xtuu .kt ity ikguu hhz lhut zt 'icgdum hhcrgs
iut rgwraf t ihhz ktz xg zt ipkgvxhurt um hhz iht
/jxp rgfgkhhrp
iut gyarg hs ,uhae rhp hs idgrp iyhhrd lhz ikguu hhz
rgs iguu irgvbhht yud lhz iut 'jxp iup yftb gyhhuum
ubthmuhu ohrmnc vgrpk ubhhv ohscg" hhz ykhhmrgs rgytp
/rgyhhuu huzt iut '6"oan ubhekt wv
grghhz yhn ishhr rgsbhe gahsht xtuu ogs lrus iut
(xgywrcj rgst) ohrcj grghhz zt lhut igz iut 'irgykg
rgct 'sucf yhn isgr iut _ irgykg grghhz yhn ishhr
hs iht icgdum yguu xts zt rgfhz zht _ dhmrtv
rgnftb t ihhz ktz xg 'jxp um igdbuyhhrdum
'jxp rgfgkhhrp iut rgwraf
iut ,uraf hs igngbyhn _ ltbrgs iut
/rth .btd t ;hut yhhefgkhhrp
(n"a, ixhb j"r)
rgsbhe gahsht
grghhz yhn ishhr
yhn irgykg
rgct 'sucf
dhmrtv