Rainbow cake

If you were to put a child in front of a display case in a bakery, what will he choose? Chances are, he'll choose the rainbow cake - the most colorful things there. Especially if the choice is between that and a black-and-white cookie. But if you give him just the black-and-white, without another choice, he'll probably be happy just with that.

This was a random thought on the topic of being sheltered vs. not. If a person is raised with the sweetness of a black-and-white cookie, he'll appreciate the taste, and won't look further. But, if he is given a tiny glimpse of rainbow cake, chances are he'll want to taste it, and find out what he's missing out on. The rainbow cake, with it's food coloring, will color his insides, and affect him in ways far greater than he can imagine. And once he's tasted it, it'll be hard to go back to plain black-and-white.

I think this is a big problem in our Bais Yaakov schools nowadays. As long as the girls were not seeing what was out there, they were quite content with what they had. With all the outside influences that are filtering into our community, I think the teachers should be able to answer basic questions about Judiasm that may not have been heard of a decade ago.

I'd like to thank a very special teacher of mine for being there for all my rainbow questions, and helping me to see the kaleidescope of colors between black and white.