Things were witnessed in Egypt that people would talk about for generations. Indeed, in all future encounters nations feared Israel’s potential power because of what transpired in Egypt, yet the Torah tells us that these miraculous occurrences should be told into the ears of our children. If history will proclaim these awesome miracles, why should we then whisper them into the ears of our children?
The Torah is teaching us an important lesson. The message of Jewish history depends upon its interpretation. Records of various historical events mean very little. Throughout the annals of Jewish history various miraculous events have been interpreted by scientists and theorists and those who lack religious conviction, as being merely natural phenomena, excuses for denying the truth. In our day, there are those who refuse to recognize the hand of Hashem as He guides world events.
At the beginning of their national redemption, Klal Yisroel is warned that despite the world’s interpretation of the miracles of the Exodus, their future depends on how they transmit these events to their children, “in order that you shall relate it into their ears.” One speaks into the ears of another person not only that outsiders should not hear, but that the one in whose ears he whispers should ignore what others have to say. Whisper into their ears the truth. Tell them to ignore the false interpretations.
The success of a Jewish family, for its children to remain staunch and secure in their beliefs, depends on its own whispering campaign.- “We must whisper into the ears of our children” to ignore the noise from the outside and to go relentlessly forward intheir task of building Klal Yisroel. .van ,arun
