A Life Lesson from the Parsha

רבי מאיר אומר: בין כך ובין כך אתם קרוים בנים - “Rabbi Meir says: Either way - whether you do the will of Hashem or not - you, the Bnei Yisroel are called “children” of Hashem” (Kiddushin 36a).

One might ask, what makes us unique in a practical sense such that we are called “children of Hashem”?

The answer is found in Rashi’s commentaries to this week’s parsha:

בידוע שרחמי האב על הבן - “It’s known that the father’s mercy is upon the son.”

Although the verse that Rashi is commenting on (Shemos 22:2) is referring to a human father and son, it certainly applies to Hashem’s relationship with us: Hashem always has great mercy on us because we are His children.