Prepared, Not Protected: The Balance of Parenting

So today we're going to discuss Pasik Samech, and Pasik Samech states, So this translates to she makes cloth and she sells it, and she offers a girdle to the merchant or the knani or the young one.

It depends on how it's translated, and we're going to dive into that.

So when I approached this pasuk, I noticed that we have this word chagor, or girded, again.

And for those of you who have been following our podcast, know that this unique word was also found in pasuk ches.

We touched on it at the time, and then when it came up again in this pasuk, I was really interested in why this word is being brought up again, and what it means.

So I really wanted to explore it.

I started looking into where else this word was used, when it's used, and the context that it was in.

And we know that when there's a word that we don't understand, if we look back to the first place and previous places that it was found in Tanakh, we can understand more of a context of what it means.

So when I was doing research into this word, Chagor, this chas gimel resh root word, I found that it really was indicating a couple of different definitions and I want to focus on the one that best applies to our pasuk.

So I want to share with you some psukkim, don't get too scared, only three psukkim that have this word chagor and how it relates to our context.

So the first Pesach I want to bring forth is in Shemos.

And it's talking about when Bnei Yisrael were commanded, how they were commanded to eat the Karbon Pesach.

And it says, Which is talking about the way that you're going to eat the Karbon Pesach.

And Chagrim is with your belts fastened, girded, girded tightly.

And this symbolizes readiness or urgency in that they're leaving Mitzrayim immediately.

It's get ready, get prepared, buckle up tight, almost like that phrase.

You have to get ready and you're going to leave Mitzrayim with urgency.

Then the next Pesach that I want to share is in Shmuel.

It is talking about how each man, each soldier girded his sword when David was preparing them for battle, for war.

So it says, Each man girded his sword, literally talking about actual war, that they got ready to get ready for war and they buckled up their swords.

girded their swords.

And the next one also is in Shmuel, talking about how David tries on Shel's armor and sword.

And it says, And again, David is putting on his armor and putting on Shel's armor and putting on his sword.

And these three examples show us how the word Chagar is used when we're preparing.

Preparing for battle, preparing for a challenge, preparing for Yitzias Mitzrayim, preparing for whatever comes our way.