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Mishneh Torah, Defilement by a Corpse 12-14 · Parenting voice, Bite-sized
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Insight: The Architecture of Boundaries
In our chaotic lives, we often feel like we are constantly "carrying" the weight of our family’s stressors. Maimonides teaches us that an ohel (a tent or covering) is defined by its ability to act as a boundary—a chatzitzah (intervening substance). If an ohel is sturdy and correctly sized, it keeps purity in and impurity out. As parents, we are the architects of our home’s "boundaries." When we provide a stable, consistent environment, we aren't just managing space; we are protecting our children’s mental and emotional "purity" from the encroaching, messy stressors of the outside world.
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"Just as an ohel imparts impurity to everything that is under it, it preserves the purity of anything outside it, and intervenes between the impurity and the implements that are on top of it." — Mishneh Torah, Defilement by a Corpse 12:3
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