{"id":98139,"date":"2022-11-19T23:17:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98139"},"modified":"2022-11-19T23:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T21:17:24","slug":"the-birth-of-a-son-produces-mitzvot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/the-birth-of-a-son-produces-mitzvot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of a Son Produces Mitzvot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Birth of a Son Produces Mitzvot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On one of my trips to London, a man far from Torah and mitzvot approached me. He reminded me that one year earlier, I had blessed him with children and, <em>Baruch Hashem<\/em>, the blessing materialized, and he was now the father of a baby boy. He wished to thank me for my blessing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think that I deserve thanks?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>But I would not let go so fast. \u201cThink well. Am I the one who provided you with a child?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the man understood my intention. \u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d he agreed. \u201cBut, after all, you are the one who prayed for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to Whom did I pray?\u201d I pressed on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Hashem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that is the case, where does Hashem fit into the picture? How are you demonstrating to Him your thanks for the wonderful gift He bestowed upon you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought of donating a large amount to the needy,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>I was not satisfied. \u201cBut what will you give to <strong>%Hashem<\/strong>*?\u201d I urged.<\/p>\n<p>He thought for a few moments, and then, in all innocence, asked me, \u201cWhat can I give Hashem? Does He need money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, of course not. The way to repay Hashem is by means of observing Torah and mitzvot, tefillin, Shabbat, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I don\u2019t observe mitzvot!\u201d he cried.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, I was at a loss. But I quickly regained my composure and told the man the following, \u201cAlthough you do not, as of yet, observe Torah and mitzvot, you must know that Hashem granted you a son, and He is the One deserving of thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>These words of truth pierced his heart. He accepted upon himself the yoke of Torah and mitzvot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Birth of a Son Produces Mitzvot On one of my trips to London, a man far from Torah and mitzvot approached me. He reminded me that one year earlier, I had blessed him with children and, Baruch Hashem, the blessing materialized, and he was now the father of a baby boy. He wished to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":27297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1059],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gratitude"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}