Parsha Pearls

בָּנִים אַתֶּם לַה' אֱלֹקיכֶּם. לֹא תִתְגֹֹּֽדְדוּ...

You are children of Hashem, your G-d. You should not make cuts... [Devorim 14:1]

What is the connection between the fact that we are Hashem’s children and the commandment of not making cuts on our bodies during mourning?

The Ibn Ezra comments on this verse: “After you’ve been informed that you are Hashem’s children, and He loves you more than a father loves his son, you should not make ‘cuts’ (i.e., you should not be distressed) over anything that He does to you. Because everything that He does is for [your] good. And if you cannot understand [why a particular thing happened to you,] just like small children don’t [always] understand the actions of their father, you should rely on Hashem, just like children rely on their father.”