Jewish Identity: The Unbreakable Connection to God #shorts

If I had the ability to change your identity at the end of this interview, you're no longer Jewish. Would you give it up? >> My Jewish identity? No, for sure not. >> Why not? >> Well, we we have the concept of Yahar Valyavore. Better to be killed than to actually do uh do that thing. Judaism is not a component of my identity. It is my identity. And I don't view my Judaism as something that's relegated to the synagogue or the study hall or in prayer. Judaism is life itself. So my interactions in the professional world and in business, my interactions as a friend and as a son and as a brother, they are all constantly influenced by my Jewish identity. So you take that away, then who am I? >> And you know, I I asked I've asked every single Jewish person I know this question and they've all given the same response. Never. But it tells you something. What you believe is inherently gifted to you didn't work for it. you were born Jewish has value, a deep value, a value that you would hold on to at all costs. You'd never give it up. And that's the powerful and beautiful thing about, I think, the Jewish people, but more specifically, whatever God decided and when he chose Abraham, he put something inside of the Jewish soul that says, "What you have is not easy, >> but it's valuable. It's valuable because you know at the very core of your soul that you have a connection to the creator that you'd never want to give up. When you find that connection, your value no longer comes from what you do, how much money you make, what car you drive. Your value comes from something much, much deeper. It's this divine connection where humanity and Hashem connect. And that's really what drives everything in my life, in my purpose, uh, in who I am. If I lost every single follower tomorrow, who cares? As long as I don't lose that connection, >> I'm the richest man on the planet. >> Wow. And that's so marketkedly different from what our culture dictates.