Your child will turn an about face with this wonderful program that teaches you - to teach your child the proper way of showing honor and respect to parents, teachers and others.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT?
Purim was coming soon. Dovi was excited. One Sunday, his
mother said: “Dovi, today is the day of the Purim carnival! Please hurry to put on your
jacket and we’ll be ready to go.”
Uh oh! Dovi’s teacher had said that the children should wear
costumes to the carnival. He had to tell Mommy that she had made a mistake; otherwise,
Dovi would be the only one there without a costume!
Dovi wasn’t sure what to do. He didn’t want to embarrass his
mother by saying that she made a mistake. The Torah says that being careful not to
embarrass your parent shows yirah. What could he do?
Suddenly, Dovi had an idea. He decided to pretend that he
didn’t understand and ask his mother a QUESTION about it. This way, his mother would
realize on her own that she had made a mistake. Then she could correct it by herself and
not be embarrassed.
“Mommy,” Dovi asked, “Is it possible that we’re supposed to
wear costumes to the carnival?”
“I think I had better check the flyer,” Mommy said.
Immediately, Mommy walked over to look at the flyer that was hanging on the wall. “Well, you
are right, Dovi! I’m glad that you reminded me!”
Asking Mommy a question really worked. And Dovi was so very
happy – not because he could now wear his costume, not because he was going to the
carnival, and not even because of Purim. Dovi was happy that he had done the
mitzvah of not correcting his parent in an embarrassing way. Well done, Dovi!
LET’S TALK:
1. What mistake did Dovi’s mother make?
2. Why did Dovi not want to correct his mother?
3. How did Dovi correct is mother? Why did he use those
words?
4. When should you correct a parent? When should you not?
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