{"id":60739,"date":"2018-10-08T15:40:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=60739"},"modified":"2018-10-08T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:44:00","slug":"what-will-you-contribute-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/what-will-you-contribute-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Will You Contribute to the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several weeks ago, I wrote<\/strong><\/a> about some of my struggles in attempting to balance shul-going with bearing, birthing, and\/or caring for young children. I received feedback from, and was thrilled to engage in some wonderful, thoughtful discussions with, several readers who suggested that if only today\u2019s mothers would accept the maternal role G-d gave us, we would be happy staying home from shul. Broadening the conversation beyond shul attendance, some also suggested reasons that some mothers might not be fully satisfied in our maternal roles: \u201cEgo,\u201d said one. \u201cPressure to do it all,\u201d said others.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to consider some of those suggestions through the lens of a question Rashi addresses about the Torah\u2019s introduction to Noach. This question struck me, years ago, as being a little strange, but Rashi also offers an answer which ultimately can solve that oddity, shed light on the entire flow of the Torah\u2019s narrative \u2013 and perhaps offer insight into our individual lives and goals.<\/p>\n

Noach is first mentioned as part of the list of Shet\u2019s descendents in chapter 5, and then after describing the corruption of humanity and G-d\u2019s decision to destroy them all, we are told \u201cbut Noach found favor in the eyes of G-d\u201d (6:8). The next verse offers a more formal introduction to this favorable individual:<\/p>\n

\u05d8\u00a0\u00a0\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05ea \u05e0\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7–\u05e0\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05e8\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5:\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0-\u05e0\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7.\u00a0 \u05d9\u00a0\u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b6\u05d3 \u05e0\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd–\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d7\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b8\u05e4\u05b6\u05ea.<\/p>\n

9<\/strong>\u00a0These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.\u00a0 10<\/strong>\u00a0And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.<\/p>\n

(Text and 1917 JPS translation from www.mechon-mamre.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rashi doesn\u2019t tell us his question, but based on his answers (which we will explore below), he is apparently bothered by the description of Noach between the introductory phrase \u201cThese are the generations of Noach\u201d and the list of Noach\u2019s children in verse 10. Why interrupt between the heading of a list and the list itself?<\/p>\n

This question becomes even stronger if we pay attention to the (first) Hebrew word translated here as \u201cgenerations\u201d: toldot<\/em>. The root of this word is vld<\/em>, which is related to yeled<\/em> \u2013 \u201cchild.\u201d So a more precise translation might be \u201cthese are the children\/descendents of Noach\u201d \u2013 and we would certainly expect that phrase to be followed immediately by the names of Noach\u2019s children.<\/p>\n

Rashi\u2019s question is also strengthened by the fact that elsewhere, we do find the phrase \u201cthese are the toldot <\/em>of X\u201d followed immediately by a list of X\u2019s children\/descendents. For instance, in 11:10, \u201cThese are the toldot <\/em>of Shem: Shem was 100 years old and he begat Arpachshad two years after the Flood.\u201d And even more succinctly further down the list of Shem\u2019s descendents: \u201cAnd these are the toldot <\/em>of Terach: Terach begat Avram, Nachor, and Haran, and Haran begat Lot\u201d (v. 27). No interruption!<\/p>\n

So, what bothered me about what was bothering Rashi, if the question is such a good one? The realization that Noach\u2019s case is not such an anomaly: while there are several instances of the phrase \u201cThese are the generations of X\u201d that follow the expected structure, others interrupt before the list of names (as in the case of Noach) or don\u2019t even list names at all, leaving us to wonder what \u201cthese\u201d refers to and where the \u201ctoldot<\/em>\u201d are. Rashi was bothered by the case of Noach, but I was bothered by all of them!<\/p>\n

For instance, the parsha <\/em>named Toldot opens with \u201cThese are the toldot<\/em> of Yitzchak, the son of Avraham; Avraham begat Yitzchak. And Yitzchak was 40 years old when he took Rivka, the daughter of Betuel\u2026 as a wife\u201d (25:19). Certainly, there is a lot of genealogical information here, but it\u2019s hardly the list a phrase like \u201cthese <\/strong>are the toldot<\/em>\u201d would lead us to expect \u2013 and as we read on, we continue to find not a list, but a story. Similarly, the introduction to toldot Yaakov<\/em> is followed by pure narrative. Sure, the story is about Yaakov\u2019s children, but the flow in the sentence \u201cThese are the toldot <\/em>of Yaakov; Yosef was 17 years old, was a shepherd with his brothers\u2026\u201d (37:2) calls for some explanation.<\/p>\n

Commentaries offer a variety of solutions for each of these cases. But perhaps, instead of trying to explain the exceptions to the rule, we could rethink the rule. Perhaps, instead of asking about the case of Noach\u2019s toldot<\/em>, or Yitzchak\u2019s or Yaakov\u2019s, we could rethink our understanding of the word \u201ctoldot<\/em>,\u201d and the function of the phrase \u201cThese are the toldot<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

I would like to offer an approach inspired by one of the answers I promised from Rashi, and by Rav Hirsch.<\/p>\n

Rashi first suggests that the interruption reflects a practice of saying something good about a good person whenever one mentions the person\u2019s name: \u201cSince it mentioned him, it told of his praise, as it is said, \u2018the memory of a righteous person is for blessing\u2019 (Mishlei 10).\u201d The interruption is indeed an interruption, and we can understand why it is inserted. After all, why not take every opportunity to remind people of a righteous person\u2019s righteousness?<\/p>\n

However, Rashi goes on to offer another explanation: \u201cIt teaches you that the ikar <\/em>(essential, or primary) toldot <\/em>of righteous people is maasim tovim<\/em>.\u201d (Excuse my awkward translation.) Here, the apparent interruption between the heading and the list is no interruption at all, but is actually the first item on the list: \u201cThese are the toldot<\/em> of Noach: (1) His good character; (2) his three sons, i.e., Shem, Cham, and Yafet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twenty (!) years ago, when my interest was first caught by the different usages of the phrase \u201cThese are the toldot<\/em>,\u201d I began to think about Rashi\u2019s words, \u201cikar toldot<\/em>.\u201d I wondered if perhaps the same explanation could be applied to every case in which the Torah introduces us to someone\u2019s toldot<\/em>. Maybe it\u2019s not about a list of children, but about the ikar toldot<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What are ikar toldot<\/em>, and how is \u201cikar<\/em>\u201d measured? Rav Hirsch, several times in his commentary, explains the word \u201ctoldot<\/em>\u201d not as children but as \u201cproducts\u201d: what a person develops or produces in the world. It occurred to me more particularly that perhaps each introduction to \u201ctoldot<\/em>\u201d is highlighting that person\u2019s most crucial contribution to the world in terms of the story the Torah wants to tell.<\/p>\n

A full treatment of this would require a lot of space, but we can cover two examples in one if we compare the instances of Yitzchak and Yishmael. In each case, the very first thing the Torah highlights is their parentage \u2013 that they came from Avraham. That fact is at the root of Yitzchak\u2019s chosenness and is the reason Yishmael has any place in the Torah\u2019s story at all. Many have pointed out that Yitzchak\u2019s primary role, his legacy in the development of the nation of Avraham, was simply to stand strong as the second generation: His ikar toldot<\/em> was that he was in all ways his father\u2019s son, that he married a woman with whom he could produce the next generation, and that the next generation\u2019s story then continued. Yishmael, though also Avraham\u2019s son, has another element central to his \u201ctoldot<\/em>\u201d: \u201cThese are the toldot <\/em>of Yishmael, the son of Avraham, that Hagar, the Egyptian, Sarah\u2019s maidservant, gave birth to for Avraham<\/em>\u201d (25:12). His primary contribution to the Torah\u2019s story is as a foil to Yitzchak. Yishmael is the one who is not<\/em> from Sarah, not <\/em>the next link in the chain \u2013 but who, as Avraham\u2019s son, also fathers a nation (Bereishit 21:13). The Torah continues with the rest of his \u201ctoldot<\/em>,\u201d an actual list of his descendants who became that nation, because in his case, that list is what we need to know about him before the Torah can move on to focus on Yitzchak.<\/p>\n

If we consider each instance of \u201cThese are the toldot<\/em> of X,\u201d we can gain insight from what the Torah chooses to highlight at each major stop in telling the history of our nation. What is the primary legacy of Noach? Of his sons? Of Terach? Of Yaakov? Of Aharon and Moshe together (Bamidbar 3:1)? Sometimes it is, indeed, a list of the individual\u2019s children; sometimes it is something else about them that constitutes the ikar <\/em>of their contribution to the development of the Jewish people.<\/p>\n

And if we consider this interpretation of \u201cThese are the toldot <\/em>of X,\u201d we might gain renewed insight into the many different types of \u201ctoldot<\/em>\u201d that might be at the center of our own lives and legacies.<\/p>\n

There is, of course, much to say about \u201cdoing it all\u201d or \u201chaving it all,\u201d and how parents choose what to do when; indeed, the conversation has been ongoing since before I was born. I hope to share my own two cents (or three or four\u2026) about the topic in general, and maybe more specific issues of shul attendance and the like, once I stop getting distracted by other topics. But for now, just this:<\/p>\n

We all work on our own \u201ctoldot<\/em>,\u201d trying to build our own characters (the \u201cikar<\/em>\u201d mentioned by Rashi) as we contribute to the world in whatever way(s) we can. For some, the clear area of focus is on raising the next generation; others might contribute in that way, but will ultimately shine (also, or even more) in ways that have nothing to do with their children; and still others never have children, but certainly impact the world through their own brands of \u201ctoldot<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

We might not always know which elements of our lives are \u201cikar<\/em>,\u201d and maybe multiple contributions are all \u201cikar<\/em>.\u201d We can only make our best judgments, guided by Torah and by our personal inclinations and strengths and pulls.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s (necessarily) ego to want to do something someone else doesn\u2019t think is as important as something else, nor does it (always) come from external pressure. Sometimes, it\u2019s an inner pull telling us we were created, in part, to do this thing. It\u2019s the realization that there is something inside me, which G-d blessed me with just as He blessed me with my four children, which must come out just like they did, and take its place in the world just as they will.<\/p>\n

\n

Sarah C. Rudolph is a Jewish educator and freelance writer. She has been sharing her passion for Jewish texts of all kinds for over 15 years, with students of all ages. Sarah\u2019s essays have been published in a variety of internet and print media, including Times of Israel, Kveller,\u00a0Jewish Action<\/a>, The Lehrhaus, TorahMusings, and more. Sarah lives in Cleveland with her husband and four children, but is privileged to learn online with students all over the world through\u00a0www.TorahTutors.org<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0www.WebYeshiva.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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