A new look at the Mata Masai affair

Among Rabbi Nathan Zvi Finkel 's many roles, he provides training to social education coordinators on behalf of the Director of Society and Youth at the Ministry of Education.

In creative ways, he manages to convey meaningful methods and create practical change that promotes leading youth to meaningful learning from the field.

At the end of one of the meetings, Rabbi Nathan Zvi announced that for the next meeting, the group members, rabbis and educators, were asked to bring a soft-boiled egg with three values ​​written on it that were close to their hearts.

It may sound simple, but it's a little more complex when this group that gathers in Bnei Brak comes there from all over the country, including from very distant cities.

At the beginning of the meeting in question, when they had settled into their seats at the appointed time, Rabbi Finkel asked them three questions:

One question was: "What did you think when you heard the request to me last week?" The second question was: What tactics did you use to protect the egg along the way? The third question was what values ​​did you write down on it.

Each one responded and expressed what was on their minds. They told how they dealt with transporting the egg so that it would arrive intact at its destination. One wrapped it in the etrog sponge, another wrapped it in a different box, the third was more creative and chose to buy a whole egg mold upon arriving in Bnei Brak...

Afterwards, the plenary heard the values ​​that each person brings with them, those that are important to them, those that they saw from home, and that are important for them to pass on to their children and students after them.

Naturally, the discussion led to the question: How do you maintain these values ​​in the classroom or in the face of opposition from students and conflicting demands from the system against your personal values, etc.

How do you value and preserve values?

A deep-rooted and profound question, at least like the "chicken and the egg" question.

In the Midrash Icha, a story is told about Yanuka who was in a debate with the sages of Athens.

The play was a bit theatrical. They showed him two glasses of milk, and in response he offered them two eggs for display.

The sages 'voiced' the surreal spectacle and explained the debate that took place there in this way: The sages of Athens brought two cups of milk, one cup from a white goat and the other from a black goat, and they argu