It's a scene that repeats itself every day: when bedtime arrives, the kids find all sorts of excuses to refuse. "I'm not tired," "I don't want to sleep," "I don't like to sleep," "I want to eat more," "I want to play"\u2014the list is endless.<\/p>\n
It's very easy to fall into despair. You've worked all day and you're tired; you may have had difficulties during the day, at work or in your personal life, so your patience level drops and it's simply very easy to fall into despair.<\/p>\n
What motivates children to not want to go to sleep? To squeeze every last drop out of time. To make the most of every second. Even if it's in an unpleasant way, since they might cry for a long time but still refuse to go to bed, they still use every fraction of time on something (for them) productive.<\/p>\n
In this week's Torah portion, we see something similar. When Joseph finally reunites with Jacob, the Torah tells us that he weeps. But Jacob does not. The Midrash tells us that the reason he didn't weep is because he was busy reciting the Shema Yisrael (a prayer about the Oneness of God). So why did Joseph weep? The simplest explanation is that he was emotional. From a deeper perspective, the Zohar tells us that he wept for the destruction of the Temple and for the exile in which we live.<\/p>\n
Given this, the question is: why didn't Jacob cry? Didn't he care about our suffering? The answer is quite simple: Jacob was making the most of his time. Jacob saw no place for tears; instead, he needed to act, to work to correct or alleviate the situation. Like children, who don't have time to sleep because when they sleep they can't play, eat, cry, etc.<\/p>\n
Jacob was teaching us a life lesson (and a lesson in psychology...): when things aren't going well, when you're falling into despair, there's no room for crying. You have to act. You have to work hard to improve your situation and not get lost in sighs and tears.<\/p>\n
And as for the boys... patience and firmness are key. Let's learn from Jacob that throwing tantrums and screaming won't do any good. Simply take them to bed, tell them a story, sing a song, and off to sleep!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Es una escena que se repite todos los d\u00edas: llegado el horario de ir a dormir, los chicos encuentran todo tipo de excusas para negarse. \"No estoy cansado\", \"No quiero dormir\", \"No me gusta dormir\", \"Quiero comer m\u00e1s\", \"Quiero jugar\", la lista es interminable. Es muy f\u00e1cil entrar en la desesperaci\u00f3n, uno trabaj\u00f3 todo el… Read More \u00bbSqueeze the most out of time<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22],"tags":[1012,950,1025,997,969,973,942],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editoriales","category-vaigash","tag-ciencia","tag-di-s","tag-iaacov","tag-iosef","tag-parasha-2","tag-templo","tag-tora"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Tiempo.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"Exprimir el tiempo<\/a><\/blockquote>