
Rabbi
Chiya bar Abba encountered Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levy, who had hurriedly
thrown a sheet upon his head and was bringing his grandchild to the
synagogue for this Torah lesson. He asked, “What is all this rush
about?”
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levy replied, -
is it a small thing to fulfill that which is written in Shema, “You
shall make them known to your children and grandchildren,” and next to
this, “The day that you stood before Hashem your God at Chorev?” We see
from here that teaching Torah to one's grandchild is tantamount to
receiving Torah at Sinai.