Let thy father and thy mother be glad.

Excerpt

Mayest thou be a father in all things, in wisdom as well as in years. Rabbi Yessa applied to him the following verse: “Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice.”

Source Zohar I, Section Toldoth Noah, fol. 68a · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Zohar, the great book of Jewish mysticism, Rabbi Yessa blesses a young boy named Abba (“father”) by wishing him to be “a father in all things,” in wisdom as much as in years, and applies to him this verse about the joy of parents. Today, offer a child or a young person a word of blessing or encouragement about what they can become.

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