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Father:  “She has no money, you have no money, yet you both want to get married.”
Son: “My mother did not have any money, and neither did you, still you got married.”
Father: “Must you copy all our foolish acts?

While humorous, the real question and conundrum that we must all consider is can we teach our children to learn from our mistakes and those of past generations?  This is one of the compelling reasons we teach Torah, to learn from the past.

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