Netanel just turned seven on Monday but he has been active in helping to lead daily, Shabbat, Holiday and especially Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur services for a full year already. Our family and community are very proud of his achievements and we have been inspired by his commitment to Torah and Tefillah at such a young age.
(The tefillin he is wearing in the video are not real; they are toy tefillin designed for educational purposes only.)
6 comments:
this is impressive, most 7 year olds cannot even read fluently from a chumash, much less from a torah! rabbi maroof, i was hoping we could blogroll eaach other. my blog is http://geshmacktorah.blogspot.com/
Rabbi Maroof, you should make your son a Rabbi!
Just posted this at Seforim (and reposting here, in case you don't see it)
RJM - thanks. By the way, my son was doing Anim Zemirot at 6 and now, at 7, he is ready for Haftarah. But what can I do, the Ashkenazim won't let him.
So maybe next time I am at your shul I will bring him . . .
Marc
What an amazing sight! May this be the first step among many many more.
RS
Very nice!
I am wondering if you made the decision to start with nusach Yerushalmi and then may teach him others.
HaSepharadi
Dear All,
Thank you for all of the encouraging comments.
HaSepharadi,
I am starting him on Yerushalmi Torah and Haftara, and I would expect him to learn Moroccan and Ashkenazic styles down the line (these are the only three traditions in which I am fully fluent and which I would be capable of teaching him).
When it comes to Tehillim and Shir Hashirim I will probably introduce Moroccan first, since these melodies are commonly used in Sephardic synagogues like ours, as opposed to Yerushalmi styles which are not recognizable to most members of our congregation. The Moroccan melody for Mishnah is also a very effective teaching/learning tool.
But eventually, I believe that the ideal is to be comfortable in as many traditions as possible (within reason).
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