Dia dos avós
Os avós são tesouros vivos de sabedoria e fé. A Bíblia honra os mais velhos e celebra a transmissão de fé entre gerações — dos avós aos netos e destes aos que virão.
A bênção dos avós
A coroa dos velhos são os filhos dos filhos. A misericórdia de Deus é de geração em geração sobre os que o temem.
Bnei banim are the ateret of zekenim;
and the tiferet of banim are their avot.
But the chesed Hashem is me’olam v’ad olam (from everlasting to everlasting)
upon them that fear Him,
and His tzedakah unto bnei banim;
I have been na’ar (young),
and now am old; yet I have not seen the tzaddik forsaken,
nor his zera begging lechem.
[Dalet] Dor l’dor (generation to generation) shall praise Thy ma’asim,
and shall declare Thy gevurot (mighty acts).
For Hashem is good;
His chesed is l’olam;
and His emunah (faithfulness) endureth dor vador.
Força e fidelidade
Mesmo na velhice darão frutos. Os cabelos brancos são coroa de glória. Deus não abandona seus filhos na idade avançada.
Those that are planted in the Beis Hashem
shall flourish in the khatzerot Eloheinu (courts of our G-d).
They shall still bear forth fruit in old age;
they shall be deshenim (stalwart, vigorous) and ra’ananim (luxuriant, fresh);
The silvery hair is an ateret tiferet;
it is found in the derech tzedakah.
And even to your ziknah (old age) I am He;
and even to gray hair will I carry you;
I have made, and I will carry;
even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Even the ne’arim (youths) shall faint and grow weary,
and the bochurim shall utterly fall;
But they that wait upon Hashem shall renew their ko’ach;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not grow weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Only be shomer over thyself, and be shomer over thy nefesh diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy lev kol yamim of thy life; but teach them to thy banim, and the banim of thy banim;