Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Memories, Now my Turn!

My children are starting Religious School next Sunday, or also referred to as Sunday School, Hebrew School.   They will be like most children I suppose; After a few weeks they'll complain, "do I have to go?"  My gentle answer is and will be , "yes", as my parents explained to me calmly and theirs before and so on......................  The tradition continues!   School for the kids and a nice bagel breakfast at the local bagel shop for dad while the children play and learn.  
I am smiling as I am writing this, as I remember my own dad waiting for me at 12noon when classes were over, and I knew a group of dads went to have bagels and coffee, and now it is my turn!  I'll come back with onion and coffee breath just like most dads did when I was a kid!

I loved going to Sunday school, and really never complained; I enjoyed learning about Abraham all the way to modern Judaism and obviously I still do, but now I can study and have the bagel too!

Why are my children excited for Sunday School?  Easy Answer:  I am enthusiastic about it, and it rubs off.  
I am so proud to pass the torch now, as my dad did, his father to him, etc.   .   My daughter and my son have made me a proud papa, and both understand what it really means to them and to me;Growth in their Jewish Spirituality is just beginning, and also will be reinforced!

Just think, we'll be learning together!


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