Parshat Naso features the laws of a nazir, and its haftara deals with the birth of Samson the nazir . In a prophetic vision, an angel tells Manoach's wife that she will bear a child who will free the Jewish people from their current oppression at the hands of the Philistines. The angel instructs her that this child shall be a lifelong nazir , and that she herself must observe the laws of nazir until the baby is born. The woman relates this to her husband, who prays for the angel to return and instruct them as to the child, and G-d answers his prayer. Following the encounter, the angel departs in a flame.
Education begins before a child is born.
A baby is influenced from the earliest stages of his existence as a scion of his parents. Just as an embryo is poisoned by a mother who smokes, so too his character is influenced by her lifestyle and the moral traits she favors. When the main course was served on a communal platter, the king signaled to this friend to take one portion which he knew to be the best. Since the friend failed to understand the hint, the king himself took the portion and handed it to him. When the Creator divided all the lands of the world amongst the nations, each of them chose a portion at least twice the size of Eretz Yisrael .