Rhymes for Kids
Menucha Magazine | August 22, 2024
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Hashem! Thank you for keeping my home secure, I will surely make sure to keep it _____.
וְלֹא־תָבִיא תוֹעֵבָה אֶּל־בֵיתֶּךָ וְהָיִיתָ חֵרֶּם כָמֹהוּ שַקֵץ תְשַקְצֶּנּוּ וְתַעֵב תְתַעֲבֶּנּוּ כִי־חֵרֶּם הוּא.
Nor should you bring an abomination into your house, lest you are to become closed off like it, but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is to be destroyed. -- Parshas Eikev, Devorim 7:26
In general, as a holy, pure nation we need to keep away improper things far away from us as much as possible. Now, as the Torah reveals to us in the verse above, the one place that a person needs to be extra vigilant to keep it pure is his home.

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