Reply To: Yichus – Its Importance and its Value

I am directly descended from Aharon Hakohein on my father’s side. Yichus comes from the person himself or herself, not his family line. Moshe Rabbeinu’s sons did not distinguish themselves in any way, and our arguably greatest Rav after Moshe Rabbeinu, Rabbi Akiva, was descended from a father who SURELY was not meyuchesdik. Let’s be less concerned with whom someone descended from, and more where that person is headed in his own life.