3️⃣0️⃣ Respecting our parents 💡 Honoring Adoptive Parents #Torah #shorts

- - - - - BeEzrat HaShem Learn with Lerner LevLeib@BeEzratHaShem.org Join our FREE online classes every Monday to Thursday night: +1 201-725-3444 | JEW, BE, HOLY | - - - - - Whom is one obligated to honor more, biological parents or adoptive parents? If contacting biological parents would hurt the feelings of the adoptive parents, should one still insist on doing so? How do sages explain the reasoning behind the halachic conclusions? How should we proceed in life decisions? Join BeEzrat HaShem. Learn with Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner. Study kosher Jewish ideologies and halachos. Follow the path of the Torah, respect your parents, and be Holy. #JewishHashkafa #JewishIdeology #JewishThoughts #JewishMentality #JewishValue #OrthodoxJudaism #Teshuvah #Teshuva #Repent #Repentance #Mussar #MussarTeachings #JewishEducation #JewishWisdom #KosherTorah #KosherEducation #TorahEducation #Emet #Emes #Truth #JewishNation #KlalYisrael #AmYisrael #JewishPeople #RespectParents #RespectingParents #HomeEducation #FamilyEducation, #shorts, Join us as we continue our essential series on the mitzvah of respecting parents. In this insightful session, Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner discusses a profound and sensitive halachic dilemma presented to the great tzaddik, Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein SHLIT"A. This story involves a young man who was abandoned by his biological parents immediately after his birth—simply because they "did not like his face." He was adopted by a devoted couple who raised him in a loving, Torah environment, ensuring he had the best life possible, filled with mitzvos and dedication. Recently, having grown up, the young man felt a pull to find his biological parents. He successfully located them through adoption papers and now faces a significant decision: should he make contact? His primary concern is that seeking a relationship with his biological parents could deeply offend the adoptive parents who sacrificed everything for him. However, there is also a halachic necessity to know his biological family to avoid the sin of marrying a close relative. Rabbi Zilberstein offered a fascinating halachic perspective, explaining that the obligation to honor adoptive parents may be even higher than that of biological parents. The Gemara teaches us about the precedence given to retrieving a lost object for one's rabbi over one's father, because the rabbi brings a person to the world to come. This principle, Rabbi Lerner explains, applies powerfully to adoptive parents who provided his entire Torah education and spiritual path. We delve into the crucial sources, including the Sefer Hasidim, which discusses the precedence given to those who fund Torah learning. Learn why the spiritual debt owed to the adoptive parents in this case might elevate their status even beyond the standard hierarchy. Discover the profound halachic analysis that teaches us how we must always follow halachah, not just emotions. This is a must-watch video for anyone interested in Jewish law, adoption, and the deepest meanings of honoring parents