Living Torah Archives

Throughout the summer months, it is customary to study Pirkei Avos - Ethics of Our Fathers. In this talk to women and girls entering the field of education, the Rebbe uses the first mishna of the tractate to lay the foundation for success as a teacher.

Every child has natural born traits, some positive, some negative. As the child grows and develops, it is the parent’s sacred duty to reinforce the positive ones, and address the negative ones.

Rabbi Moshe Naparstek, who serves on the faculty of Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad, Isreal, was surprised when during an audience, the Rebbe volunteered advice on the correct approach to education. More than just sound advice, it was a solution to his dilemma. (1960's)

Every child has natural inborn traits, some positive, some negative. These often become apparent in the earliest stages of childhood. It is the parent’s sacred duty to caution the child against the negative ones and to teach him discipline

Rabbi Yisroel Gordon’s father, Reb Yochanan Gordon, studied at the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva in Lubavitch, Russia, in the early 1910s. His father would recall an insightful lesson he was taught by the Yeshiva’s director, the future Sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (circa 1912).

Rabbi Shmuel Lew, a veteran Shliach and educator, shares a lesson he received from the Rebbe about disciplining children.