Hashem told me

Posted: Sun, Jul 01 2012, 2:41 pm Post subject: Hashem told me

Mati sometimes answers me, when I ask her why she said or did something, "Hashem told me".
Or she mentions Hashem told her something.

How would you react?
For example, she wants to say sheakol on pasta "because Hashem told her so".

I had a I (want to) hear Hashem phase, but older!
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Very common... Don't argue, just say this is the halacha. And ignore what she actually does. It's just a stage.

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You daughters cute - there's no arguing with what hashem told her Laughing

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Posted: Mon, Jul 02 2012, 4:14 am Post subject: re: Hashem told me

I would say (in your halachic example) "Hashem wants to tell all the Jewish people what to do, so He gave us a Torah and part of the Torah He only told to Moshe Rabbenu and it was written down later. Today when we want to know what Hashem wants we look in the Mishna Brura/ Kitzur (whatever you use) and it says there that Hashem told all of us - Mommy and Daddy and all the rabbanim - to say a mezonos on pasta". You could (if you have the time and patience Smile

) explain pasta is made of wheat and we say mezonos on food made from flour from wheat.

For non-halachic examples (eg Hashem told me not to go to bed till midnight Laughing

) you can use the same thing with kibbud av v'eim.
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Posted: Mon, Jul 02 2012, 5:46 am Post subject: re: Hashem told me

What is weird with the bracha thing, is that it has absolutely no benefit for her, and she knows brachos pretty well bh. It was just so random Laughing

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First of all she sounds adorable!

Secondly it's totally a normal stage that passes all by itself if you don't make a deal of it. Third of all by the time she is twelve and obligated to make the proper brachah she will be way past this stage.

I would let her hold onto that reality but not make a fuss of it either. That she is so close to Hashem that he even tells her exactly what she wants to hear! Laughing

But if I wanted her to do something like go to bed and she said Hashem said not to.....then I would tell her that Hashem wants her to listen to her mommy.