Day 11: Don't Make Your Family Afraid of You
It is taught that a man who terrorizes his family sins in three ways: unchastity, bloodshed, and desecration of the Sabbath. By causing one's family to fear one, one might cause their spouse to seek love in the arms of another (unchastity), one might cause violence through acts of jealousy (bloodshed), and unrest on a restful day (desecration of the Sabbath).
Though I'm in college now and am no longer living with my biological family, I have created for myself a few small little "families": I have my School of Education "family" (my friends in classes), my floor family (my close friends on my floor), and my Shabbas "family" (mostly my Jewish friends).
Since members of these "families" are with me throughout the year, practically 24/7, they get to see both the best and the worst of me. They'll see me at my most stressed and at my most calm, but at the end of the day (no matter my mood), all I want is to still consider them my "family". Why would I risk that by treating them badly and using them as my outlets to take out my frustrations?
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