Machshava:

Chinuch,  Middot,  Modern Orthodoxy 

Collections: R' Weinberger Chaburas Yosef HaTzaddik

Description

Chanoch Lenaar Al Pi Darko "train he child according to his way'. When the word "chinuch" is used in the context of educating children, it means to nurture the inherent character and talents that lay dormant within the child or only partially realized, and to develop them. And since the spirit of Hashem lies concealed within the soul of every Jew from the time he is a child, it is our responsibility to raise and teach him to discover it, to extract it and cause it to flourish. Only then will he become a devoted servant of Hashem; he will develop a yearning for Torah that comes from within, and "even when he is old, he will not depart from it." Chinuch=Training vs. commanding or conditioning. (final Chaburah shiur for the zman)