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2 Rabbi Yaacov Haber on 2008 07 14
Emes!
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1 Sydney Pilcer on 2008 07 12
Reb Yaakov,
I agree with you that it can be the sweet & gentle who go off the derech and maybe it’s because we as parents, have spent their formative years stressing the lo-taásehs/negatives & minutiae of Yiddishkeit at the expense of showing & sharing with them the the uplifting & glorious aspects of Jewish life and learning.
Sadly the general thrust of institutional Judaism, such as shul drashas & shiurim are obsessed with details rather than helping us all to understand how and why Hashem is a part of the life of a teenager.
We need to come out of our ivory towers in order to pass on the sheer wonderment of Judaism to our lost children - and, G-d forbid,to prevent their siblings from following in their steps.