Jewish Life Digital Edition June 2015 | Page 31

WISDOM Being a teacher is a worthwhile endeavour. That way you may find a good student, and learn a few things yourself. Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Ger TEXT: COMPILED BY LIZ SAMUELS People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life’s biggest mistakes. Rabbi Noah Weinberg Ben Bag Bag says: Delve in the Torah and continue to delve in it, for everything is in it; look deeply into it; grow old and grey over it, for you can have not better portion than it. Ben Hei Hei says: The reward is in proportion to the exertion. Pirkei Avos – 5:26 A loving atmosphere in the house is the best catalyst for chinuch. The parents have to show their love for their children by their deeds and also by expressing their feelings in no uncertain terms. The parents cann