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There's Only One Truth: The Lesson of Shavuot - Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
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We live in a "post-truth" world where reality is often bent to fit personal emotions, beliefs, or convenience. But the festival of Shavuot stands as a powerful reminder of the exact opposite. This Shavuot, as we celebrate the giving of the Torah, we are celebrating a timeless anchor in a shifting world. @rabbiyaakovashersinclair #torah #shavuot #chagshavuot #rabbi #torahwisdom #judaism #jewishwisdom #jewishthought #honey #hidabroot Follow us: https://www.hidabroot.com https://www.youtube.com/@Hidabrootcom https://www.instagram.com/hidabroot_global https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbCYZjl1CYoa4ulQIK2q
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We live in a post-truth [music]
world. A world that has relegated truth
to second place behind belief,
emotion, and respect. The truth is not
something [music] ultimate and
unbending. There's my truth and there's
your truth, meaning there's no truth.
More than anything, the Festival of
Shavuot celebrates the belief that
there's something [music] called truth,
absolute truth. The Hebrew word for
truth is emet. Emet is a three-letter
word consisting of the first, the last,
and the middle letter of the Hebrew
alphabet.
The word emet itself [music] hints that
the truth is inflexible, unmalleable.
It's not my truth, your truth. [music]
It's either true or false from the
beginning through the middle to the end.
The Festival of Shavuot
>> [music]
>> is the Jewish people's yearly
celebration of belief in God, belief in
the revelation of his will, and belief
that there's something more compelling
in this world than [music] respect.
It's called the truth.