Quotes For Life – From The Rebbe

Parents
	Responsibility	Parents responsibility for their children begins while the child is in the womb.
	Love, Comfort	A father has compassion – a mother has the quality of comforting.
	God’s Helper	God trusts them with education of their children.
	Mothers	A mother has an extra dose of compassion.
	Heritage / Lineage	The lineage, as Cohen, comes from the father while the Jewish identity comes from the mother.
	Torah	A father’s love for his son is evoked when the child asks him to learn Torah, as he knows the request comes from love (the fact that this law is brought in the laws of Honoring Parents proves this.)
	Sacrifice	Parents are willing for the sake of their children to sacrifice.
	Father’s Essence	The child that comes from the father’s (body) is drawn from his soul.
	Sacrifice	More than parents desire for themselves, they desire for their children – and this especially is in regards, to Judaism and Torah.
	Father’s Day	Father’s day – namely buying dad a tie and returning next year, is obviously incorrect.
	Mother	The mother’s influence has the greatest impact.
	Giver/receiver	The nature of the relationship is the child receives and the parents give.
	From God	The creation of a child comes from God (the parents are only intermediaries.)
	Role Models	The way to influence children is through being a good role model – which when children see their parents dedicated to Torah and Mitzvos, they will likewise – though of-course influence is a step by step gradual process.
	Influencing	Sometimes it is best to use a friend of the child, (asking him or her) to influence the child – for often parents still assume their children are small.

Parents
	Responsibility	Parents responsibility for their children begins while the child is in the womb.
	Love, Comfort	A father has compassion – a mother has the quality of comforting.
	God’s Helper	God trusts them with education of their children.
	Mothers	A mother has an extra dose of compassion.
	Heritage / Lineage	The lineage, as Cohen, comes from the father while the Jewish identity comes from the mother.
	Torah	A fathers love for his son is evoked when the child asks him to learn Torah, as he knows the request comes from love (the fact that this law is brought in the laws of Honoring Parents proves this.)
	Sacrifice	Parents are willing for the sake of their children to sacrifice.
	Father’s Essence	The child that comes from the father’s (body) is drawn from his soul.
	Sacrifice	More than parents desire for themselves, they desire for their children – and this especially is in regards, to Judaism and Torah.
	Father’s Day	Father’s day – namely buying dad a tie and returning next year is obviously incorrect.
	Mother	The mother’s influence has the greatest impact.
	Giver/receiver	The nature of the relationship is the child receives and the parents give.
	From God	The creation of a child comes from God (the parents are only intermediaries.)
	Role Models	The way to influence children is through being a good role model – which when children see their parents dedicated to Torah and Mitzvos, they will likewise – though of-course influence is a step by step gradual process.
	Influencing	Sometimes it is best to use a friend of the child, (asking him or her) to influence the child – for often parents still assume their children are small.

Father/Son
	Meriting	A son adds merit to his father and the reverse is also true.
	Role-Model	To the extent the father dedicates to a value system, is the extent that his wife and children will likewise.
	Nachas	A parent’s greatest nachas – children who get along.
	One Entity	Halachickly a parent and child cannot testify against one another, as they are too close, for they are one entity, and the lesson is, that God is one with us.
	Similar	Similar to one another; as both from a body and soul level, the son comes from the father.
	Abilities	A son’s abilities exceeds the father, for he has within Him, the father’s essence.
	Unique	Although they are connected, nonetheless, they are still separate individuals.
	Similarity	From the son, one can perceive the father.
	Father/son	In essence the father is higher than the son – the concept that the son’s ability can exceed is what is novel.
	Essential bond	A father calling his little son, is a call from his essence.
	Identity	The identity of a father, is when he has a son.
	The Bond	The bond between a father and son surpasses all.
	Future image	Though a father can enjoy his son’s image, only after he is born; God before.
	Dependence	The son is not dependent on his father’s existence.
	Not jealous	One is jealous (if one has a jealous nature) on everyone, besides the son.
	Interrelated	Only through modeling after the father can the son’s ability surpass.
	Playing	A father particularly enjoys and plays with his young son – likewise God to the Jewish people.
	Descending	One recognizes a father’s love by the fact that he lowers himself to descend to the level, to communicate and interact (or play with his young son) and similar God to us.
	Caring	The very act of punishing demonstrates (for one wouldn’t do this for another’s child) the personal care, attention and love of the parent (and of-course, this is also a lesson from God to us.)
	Teacher	A father must also be one’s “rabbi,” teacher of Torah.
	Student	A son is both a son and a student.
	Unity	Unity between parents and children is particularly important in our generation.
	Unity	When parents keep the laws of family purity and have with themselves unity, this causes that their children will be with them unified.
	Unique	A son is a new person.
	Generation Gap	“Like one man with one heart” – without a generation gap.
	Love	One father can handle ten sons, but the reverse is an exception.
	Connection	A son comes from the father’s brain and therefore is always connected.
	Children’s Influence	The idea “The sons will return their fathers (to God)” is currently happening.
	Joy	Just as children who approach their parents, with requests, not through crying, but through joy, are more likely to get what they want, so too with us and God.
	Influencing	Sons can impact their father’s more than anyone – hence should encouraged them to Torah.
	To babies	A father has a special love to his baby son.
	Shabbos	A father must see to it that he Davens Shacharis in Shul on Shabbos on time, otherwise his children will imitate.
	Similar Potential	A father and a son are similar.
	Role-model	A father has to be a role model and when he comes home from Shul, mustn’t discard his gepatah and Chassidus Sefer.
	Mesirus Nefesh (self-sacrifice)	Parents have Mesirus Nefesh (self-sacrifice) for their children.
	The Bond	The bond between a father and son emanates from above.
	Internal Bond	The bond between a father and son is internal.
	Model	The way parents behave, is the model for children.
	Only Child	An only child is especially loved.
	Deep	The image of the son’s face is in the father’s memory.
	Testing	It is a Jewish custom that the father (particularly on Shabbos) tests his son.
	Not jealous	Not only does a father not have jealousy towards his son, but also his grandson.
	Shidduchim	If a son refuses to accept a shidduch suggestion – he can be influenced through either a. his parents b. friends.
	Partners	Three partners make a child, a father, mother and God.
	Father Doctor	Though a father may be a doctor one should use a natural (hence without emotional bias) doctor.
	Bonded	There is an essential core connection between parents and children.
	Give them joy	A father should bring joy to his children.