Educating for Bediavad Situations
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Question
Does the mitzvah of educating children also include educating them about bediavad situations that might possibly happen to them when they grow up?
For example: must one teach a child who forgot to count Sefirat HaOmer with a berachah that the halachah is that someone who forgot no longer counts with a blessing, so that if this happens to him when he is an adult he will know what to do?
Or is the mitzvah of chinuch only for lechatchilah situations, and there is no need to educate for “maybe it will happen” cases?
If there are halachic sources on this subject, I would also be glad to know the root of the ruling.
For example: must one teach a child who forgot to count Sefirat HaOmer with a berachah that the halachah is that someone who forgot no longer counts with a blessing, so that if this happens to him when he is an adult he will know what to do?
Or is the mitzvah of chinuch only for lechatchilah situations, and there is no need to educate for “maybe it will happen” cases?
If there are halachic sources on this subject, I would also be glad to know the root of the ruling.
Answer
Shalom u’vrachah.
Chinuch means to practice the halachah as it actually is.
Therefore, if a child is capable of understanding the details that apply in a bediavad situation, that too is included in the mitzvah of chinuch.
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