Parshas Bo

So that you may relate in the ears of your son and your son’s son… that you may know that I am Hashem.

This pasuk seems to be instructing fathers to relate to their children about the miracles that transpired in מצרים so that we implant in them ‘אמונה בה.

Accordingly, why does the pasuk say "וידעתם כי אני ה'", that you may know כי אני ה', shouldn’t the pasuk say "וידעו כי אני ה'", they will know, your son will know כי אני ה'?

Explains the שר שלום מבעלזע , that the most effective way to teach יראת שמים to children,  is for the father to be a ירא שמים.

But by transmitting יראת שמים to our children, we too are impacted and this יראת שמים has a magnificent impact on us too.

About the Author: Rabbi Yisroel Meir Rubinfeld

Rabbi Rubinfeld has been in the field of Torah education for over 3 decades and serves as an Executive School Consultant for Torah Umesorah. He provides an array of services to schools across North America, including teacher and principal mentorship, school and curricula evaluations, professional development and parent education.

Rabbi Rubinfeld's expertise includes classroom management and discipline, effective instruction, bullying, cultivating sensitivity in the classroom, impulse disorders (such as ADHD and ODD), and balancing the educational needs of mainstream and special needs children in the classroom.

Rabbi Rubinfeld is the also the founder and director of Torah Umesorah's Lilmod U'Lilamed department which provides professional development for teachers and principals throughout the year.

Rabbi Rubinfeld is a talmid of the distinguished Yeshivos of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the Mirrer Yeshiva in Yerushalayim and Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.