Table Talk from the desk of Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld
March 8-9, 2024 • 29 Adar 1 5784 • Vayakel (Ex 34-36).
The goal of this blog is an A for effort at the Shabbat table ... please print & share.
Here's the situation:
Your child studies for a test.
She pull out all stops and studies for the test.
(This isn't cramming - this is at the end of a week of diligent attendance and note-taking.)
She takes the test.
Afterwards she says, "I feel pretty good about it. I think I knew most of the answers."
The next day the teacher returns the test. To her great disappointment, your child received a much lower score than she'd expected.
She says to you, "Why should I even try?"
It says in Pirkei Avot, "According to the effort is the reward."
But that's not usually true, is it?
What do you think?
Shabbat Shalom,
Alexander Seinfeld
Your child studies for a test.
She pull out all stops and studies for the test.
(This isn't cramming - this is at the end of a week of diligent attendance and note-taking.)
She takes the test.
Afterwards she says, "I feel pretty good about it. I think I knew most of the answers."
The next day the teacher returns the test. To her great disappointment, your child received a much lower score than she'd expected.
She says to you, "Why should I even try?"
It says in Pirkei Avot, "According to the effort is the reward."
But that's not usually true, is it?
What do you think?
Shabbat Shalom,
Alexander Seinfeld
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