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1) It is forbidden for parents to be overly demanding of their children and/or to be scrupulous in demanding respect, as doing so will cause the children to not be able to adhere to all that is demanded of them and thus lead them to transgress the Mitzvah of Kibud Av V'Eim. (A parent that makes difficult or impossible demands on their children that won't be done transgresses the prohibition of "Lifnei Iver Lo Titen Michshol)
Rather, a parent should be mochel (forgive and forgo) on their Kavod and pretend to not see every infraction, as the Halacha is that "Av [V'eim] Shemachal Al Kvodo, Kvodo Machul, A father [and mother] may absolve a child of their duty to honor them" (Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 240:19. See also Sefer Chasidim Siman 565)
2) Many righteous and G-d fearing people, when asking their children for a task, would say something to the effect of: "Do you mind getting me...." Or "Would it be possible for you to go..." rather than outright commanding them to do it, lest the child find it to hard to accomplish and thus transgress the mitzvah of Kibud Av V'Eim. (See Sefer Kibud Av V'Eim page 66 in footnote 46)
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Please continue to daven and learn for the Refuah Shelaima of the Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe and one of the Gedolei HaDor, HaRav Chaim Stein Shlita, R' Chaim Yaakov ben Chasya Miriam
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I have a question that has always nagged me regarding the Teaching/learning of torah to babies before they are born and arrive in this world. Midrash says that they spend their time learning Torah and just prior to delivery the malach presses the area under the nose and the baby forgets all the learning.
What is the purpose in teaching Torah to a baby if it is not meant to stay with the baby?
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Yes, the Talmud (Nidah 30b) does teach us that a child in its mothers womb is taught the entire Torah and upon being born is struck on the lip and forgets it.
The Meforshim explain that the Torah that each child is taught is the Torah that he/she has the potential to grasp in his/her alotted lifetime, and as a person learns throught his life he isn't learning new subjects but is rather "remembering" the subject matter that he forgot, as otherwise a person would not be capable of grasping any Torah on their own.
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