The father's obligations that involve his son are: to circumcise him, to redeem him if he is a firstborn (by paying fives coins to a Kohen), to teach him Torah, to take a wife for him (that is, to help him find a wife and assist him in preparations for marriage) and to teach him a craft. Some say the father must teach him to swim in the water.Rabbi Yehudah says, "Anyone who does not teach his son a craft has taught him banditry. Talmud: "Can you really think so? - Rather, as if the father taught him banditry."
Art: Insulted Jewish Boy by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy
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