Sobre ter filhos
Filhos são uma dádiva do Senhor, uma herança que Deus confia aos pais. A Bíblia celebra a maternidade e a paternidade como vocações sagradas e fontes de bênção.
Filhos: herança do Senhor
A Escritura declara que os filhos são bênção de Deus. Cada criança é um presente precioso confiado aos pais para ser cuidado com amor.
Hinei, banim are nachalat Hashem;
and the p’ri habeten is a zachar (reward).
As khitzim (arrows) are in the yad of a gibbor;
so are bnei haneurim (children born in oneʼs youth).
Ashrei hagever that hath his quiver full of them;
they shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the oyevim basha’ar (enemy at the gate).
Thy isha shall be as a fruitful gefen
inside thine bais;
thy banim like olive shoots
around thy shulchan.
He settleth the akeret (barren woman) in her bais
to be a happy em of banim.
Praise ye Hashem.
And G-d blessed them, and G-d said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Instruir nos caminhos de Deus
A Bíblia orienta os pais a instruir seus filhos nos caminhos do Senhor desde cedo, com dedicação, disciplina e exemplo.
Train up a na’ar in the derech (road) he should go,
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Therefore shall ye lay up these My devarim in your lev and in your nefesh, and bind them for an ot upon your hand, that they may be as totafos (ornaments, Ex 13:16, Shabbos 57a) between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your banim, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine bais, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Avot, do not provoke your yeladim, lest they be disheartened.
Correct binecha, and he shall give thee rest;
indeed, he shall give delight unto thy nefesh.
Cada vida é preciosa
Deus conhece e forma cada criança no ventre. Antes de nascer, Ele já nos separou e preparou um propósito para cada vida.
Before I formed thee in the beten
I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the rechem
I set thee apart as kodesh,
and I ordained thee a navi unto the Goyim.
For Thou hast possessed my inmost being;
Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.
I will praise Thee;
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvellous are Thy ma’asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.
My atzamim (bones, frame) were not hid from Thee,
when I was made beseter (in secret),
and skillfully wrought in the depths of the Eretz.
Hashem Adoneinu,
how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz,
Who hast set Thy glory above HaShomayim.
But he said, Permit the yeladim to come to me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Malchut HaShomayim.