Tradition
| August 14, 2024I foolishly used to think that mesorah was only a chain connecting father to son
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Jews, we take mesorah very seriously. We pass down knowledge, information, traditions, and values from one generation to the next.
If you asked my six-year-old who would be his link to generations past, who he believes is the expert in all things and undisputed Great Sage of Our Generation, he would have a ready answer.
It is not his father.
It is not his cheder rebbi.
It is not his menahel.
It is his seven-year-old brother.
I foolishly used to think that mesorah was only a chain connecting father to son. Now I realize that there is another, equally powerful tradition made of similar links passed down from older brother to younger brother.
Does my six-year-old have other brothers who are even older than seven?
Yes, he does.
But apparently, none are as wise as The Seven-Year-Old Man with All the Answers who has taken it upon himself to educate his younger brother.
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