Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The Lesson From Robert de Niro

79 year old actor Robert de Niro recently welcomed his SEVENTH child !!!!!

MAZELLLLL TOOOOOOOOOOOVVVV!! 

He is מקיים what the pasuk says

 בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ זְרַ֣ע אֶת־זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וְלָעֶ֖רֶב אַל־תַּנַּ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ כִּי֩ אֵֽינְךָ֨ יוֹדֵ֜עַ אֵ֣י זֶ֤ה יִכְשָׁר֙ הֲזֶ֣ה אוֹ־זֶ֔ה וְאִם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֥ם כְּאֶחָ֖ד טוֹבִֽים׃

Have children in your youth and in your old age as well. You never know who will turn out well!!! So Big Bob keeps going. 

But here is gets complicated. He is an actor. People in that world are not known for their *stable relationships*. To say the least! 

Here is the rundown: He has 7 children with 9 women composed of five wives and four girlfriends. In addition he had another three wives and 19 girlfriends who whom he was not zoche to have children. All together - 8 wives, 23 girlfriends and 7 children. A man who truly knows how to spread his love!  

Which brings me to the point I have made before. That world is not our world. We are influenced by it, may of us imbibe in it and it infects our world. Our job is to fulfill what it says in this weeks parsha: 

הן עם לבדד ישכון ובגוים לא יתחשב. 

We are not part of that world and don't want to be. We CERTAINLY shouldn't allow our children to be exposed to it as much as possible.