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Why does the Torah (תורה) say "tell your children...then you will know I am Hashem (ה׳)" rather than the reverse? The shiur develops a powerful yesod: we don't just influence our children—we become who they become. Our relationship with God is determined by the values we successfully transmit to the next generation through soft-sell storytelling, not tough directives.
Rabbi Zweig analyzes a puzzling sequence in Parshas Bo (Shemos 10:2): "So that you may tell your children and grandchildren...and you will know that I am Hashem (ה׳)." Why does knowledge of God follow—rather than precede—transmitting the story to the next generation? The logical order should be: first you know God, then you teach your children. The answer lies in understanding Jewish continuity. We are not defined by who our ancestors were, but by who our children and grandchildren become. A person's true yichus is not their lineage backward, but their legacy forward. After 120 years, we are our children and grandchildren—that is our continuity and our identity.
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Shemos 10:2
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