13. Rav Aryeh Lebowitz - Fostering a Love of Learning

JEDucation - Conversations in Parenting and Jewish Education

How do we not impose our own insecurities on our children? Rav Aryeh Lebowitz, discusses this and much more in this episode. Rav Lebowitz, set on becoming a shul Rabbi, tells his story of how he entered into the field of formal education. Rav Lebowitz discusses his goals as an educator, how becoming an educator helped his parenting, and what change he would make to the education system. Rav Lebowitz speaks about the importance of focusing on developing a love for learning in our students, and his thoughts on how to do that, including not lowering the bar for our students to feel success in learning. Rav Lebowitz shares some of the amazing ways his parents raised him, and other great parenting insights he learned over the years from Baal habatim and colleagues, as well as the way he devoted time and energy to raising his children despite being so busy.

Some memorable quotes:

• "It all comes back to what you talk about in the house"
• "Nothing makes up for quantity time. People always talk about quality time, but quantity time is important also"
• "It's good to have aspirations, but no greater aspiration then to effect the neshama in front of your right now”

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