Fathers & sons
The four sons all have to be handled according to their own capacity.
Over the centuries the Jewish ideal has been to have a child who will reach the top rank and be a wise son. Parents with a child like this think themselves blessed by God.
In marrying off a son, the parents always sought a wife who would support her wise husband. In marrying off a daughter they dreamt of a bridegroom who was a talmid chacham in his own right.
These days when so many women learn Torah, the ultimate blessing is for a wise son to marry a wise daughter.
The Chassidic rabbi known as “The Yud” added, “Every father strives to help his son to become a learned man and pious Jew. When the son grows up, he in turn tries to make his own son become a good Jew.
“Will the time come when the father himself will strive to be a good Jew and not leave the task to his son?”