Seeing is not believing

"Faith requires a degree of sophistication. After decades of enslavement, the Israelites could not easily grasp abstractions, and they required miracles to develop their faith. ''Israel saw the great hand that G-d inflicted on Egypt; and the people revered G-d, and they had faith in G-d and in Moses, His servant'' (ibid. 14:31).

We should remember that children also lack sophistication, and may not easily grasp abstractions. We refer to G-d as ''Our Father, our King.'' Small children, who think of G-d as a father, conceptualize Him as the father they know, and in their juvenile minds they attribute to G-d the traits that they see in their father.

We want our children to believe that G-d is just, true and compassionate. It is, therefore, a father's responsibility to demonstrate these traits to his children in a way that they can readily see them.

If a father is not just, true and compassionate, children will develop a faulty concept of G-d, which may be difficult to eradicate as they mature."

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