Q: Why does the Talmud (the post biblical work that codified rabbinic Judaism) say that a Jewish father must teach his son three things: to earn a living, to study Torah each day, and to swim? It's this last one that doesn't fit. The usual answer offered to me is "to save a life" -- but historically, most Jews haven't lived on the waterfront. I've pondered this for many of my 83 years. My own interpretation is that the "letting go" process that finally overcomes fear of water and allows the child to stay on the surface provides the first lesson in learning to trust in God. Do you have a different answer? -- H. A: If you don't think Jews live near the water you should check out my readers in Palm Beach! The teaching you reference is from the Talmudic tractate Kiddushin 29a, and I do thin...
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