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SPIRITUAL
LIVING
One who scrupulously observes the kindling of the Chanukah
light will have children who are Torah scholars.
(Tractate Shabbos 23b)
Chiddushei HaRim
notes the relationship between the Hebrew term, ha-ra-gil, used in this Talmudic dictum,
one who customarily observes, and the term, hergel, which means
habit.
The Rabbis are
teaching us that one who wants his children to be Torah
scholars should be careful to bring spiritual light into his
habitual mode of living. If his observance of mitzvos
is not treated as a mere habit, but is suffused with a
spiritual glow, he can expect it to be reflected in his
family.
Source: Chiddushei HaRim quoted
in Chanukah:
Its History, Observance and Significance. Mesorah
Publications. Brooklyn, New York
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