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Who Stole My Cookies?
Monday, October 12, 2009
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A fresh batch of delicious--but forbidden--cookies... A few mischievous and hungry children... Is the combination of these two ingredients a recipe for disaster? Or a precious lesson in the baking...? 9 Comments Posted
you point out a beautiful thought, but i'm thinking to myself if i let my kids do that, then might they think "hey, it works, we can do this again"?
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The Rebbe's explanation as to why it is not a Chabad custom for children to steal the affikoman on Pesah is so that the child should not learn to regard thievery as acceptable even in fun... just mischief.
Surely there must be another example to use in advocating unity.
And then to let them keep the cookies. That takes the cake.
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It is interesting to note that when a group of people got together to build The Tower of Babel against G-d, even though Hashem didn't destroy them as he did the generation of Noah, He didn't reward their achdus (unity) but instead made them speak different languages so that they could NO LONGER communicate or gather to do wrong. Stealing is wrong.
I would not be proud to tell the world that my children collaborated not only to disobey a parent but to steal! I surely hope that you made up that story in order to speak about the unity of the Jewish People. And if it did happen why not use the opportunity to teach them the difference between right and wrong.
Continue your beautiful articles and speaches.
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The greatest gift a father can offer to his children, is to love their mother.
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I think some of you are missing the point. I know as a parent I would so much rather overlook small misdeeds of mychildren, if my children are working in united harmony. What parent hasn't done that?! We're not talking about terrible "crimes" here! And, on the other hand, when my children come to "snitch" to me about what another is doing, no matter how self-righteous the child sounds, its not positive behavior nor something that I encourage or am pleased by.
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I think you should read Chana's other blog from this week--Life out of the box. Life needs fluidity, flexibility and adaptability to various situations.
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when a parent SPECIFICALLY calls in the children to make it very clear that THIS should NOT be touched and then they turn around and PLAN on how to go against the mothers words, that should not go unnoticed. The mother could tell the father/friend that she was impressed with their unity, but to them they should know what they did was very wrong. If it they were planning on taking cookies when, in general they weren't suppose to take without permission that's a different story, but in this case the mother took the time to explain to them that 1. it's for something special and 2. they should not take it
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wow!!!!!!!!! why don't you make a kid's "in touch"?????? that sounds like a great idia!!!!!!!! i love you're vidios and i think you shuld make more that are also made for kids!!!!!
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Last week we read that the generation of Noah was destroyed precisely because of the sin of thievery. By rewarding her children for taking something they know is not theirs this mother is going against Torah teaching. I find it disheartening that Chabad, who I hold in the highest esteem, would sanction and promote this type of behavior.
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