Reply To: The Wicked Son, and the Kiruv System

Avram, there’s absolutely nothing disrespectful nor out of context in pointing out that the Torah and Shulchan Aruch tell us we must hit our children when necessary to discipline them. Period. If one wishes to make the argument that today’s generation needs to be dealt with using kid’s gloves, and thus physical discipline is verboten, fine – state the case effectively. But don’t be dismissive of when someone points out what clearly and unambiguously is told to us by the Torah and Halacha. And was practiced throughout Jewish history uncontroversially.