What's Important in Life

A beloved rav is stepping down after decades, the elders have blessed his move to a small village, and the wagons are packed. Then messengers from the city rush out and stop him at the last moment. This mashal of the Maggid of Dubno speaks to something in Parshas Mishpatim that has long bothered Rabbi Asaf Prisman. When the angels objected to Hashem giving the Torah to human beings, what did they actually think they would gain, when Moshe's answer was so clear? Afterward comes a simple look at what our own reactions teach our children about what matters.