The tug between obligations to parents and children in Jewish law (Video)

How does religious commitment help us choose between our parents and our children? Which of our identities, as children of our parents, or as parents of our children, is stronger, according to religious belief? Get answers in this video lecture

Vered Noam

June 14, 2009

June 14, 2009

Vered Noam

Vered Noam is a senior lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Culture at Tel Aviv University, and head of its Sub-Department of Talmud and Ancient Jewish Literature. She holds a PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Vered’s research interests include early halakha, Second Temple literature and Talmudic notions of history, law and morality. Amongst her numerous writings are Megillat Ta’anit – Versions, Interpretations, History (Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, 2003) and “When a Man Dies”

Everyone who is a parent feels himself more committed daily to his children than to the parents, but what does the Talmud have to say about it?

It says, you should raise your children as believers, and teach your children. Another question is what is the root, the source of commitment? Is it a personal commitment to a son’s or a father’s well-being as a person; is it a family responsibility; is it a national responsibility, or is it a universal commitment. Is it something religious or secular?

In this video, Vered Noam discusses the “Assymetrical Commitment Between Parents & Children” in Jewish law and tradition.

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