Parenthood 

הורות

Parents must raise their children and see to all their needs, a task that is at times far from easy.  

It is written: “To the woman He said: I will increase your suffering and your pregnancy; in pain you shall give birth to children” (Genesis 3:16)<footnote data-num="102"/>…“your suffering”; this is a reference to the pain of raising children.  

A father is obligated with regard to his son to circumcise him, to redeem him,<footnote data-num="103"/> to teach him Torah, to marry him to a woman, and to teach him a trade. Some say: To teach him to swim, as well. Rabbi Yehuda says: Any father who does not teach his son a trade effectively teaches him banditry.<footnote data-num="104"/> <source>(<i>Eiruvin</i> 100b; <i>Kiddushin</i> 29a) </source>